Untitled
by Jean Charlot
1933
Color lithograph

“Thurston, master magician: all out of a hat.”
[ca. 1910]

I found these posters and then realized there’s a book about Howard Thurston and his rivalry with Houdini on my ridiculously long list of books to read. Maybe I will move it to the top.

“Thurston, master magician and his pets”
[ca. 1898]
Otis Lithograph Co.

Which one is Thurston, though?

Un lunch en famille
Plate 34 from Exposition Universelle in le Charivari 1855
1855
by Honoré Daumier
Lithograph(s) by Destouches

(A Bestiary, portfolio) Wart Hog
by Aubrey Schwartz
1962
lithograph

“Men Bicycling with Lanterns”
inscribed 1904 
by Hashimoto Kunisuke

“Toy Dog with a Textile Pattern Background”
Artist Unidentified
Japanese, pre-1926

“Old Couple Looking at Large Fish Tank
Japanese, Taisho-early Showa era”
[c1925-1945]

Happy 5-year Anniversary/1-year engagemaversary to me and Channing.

Sporting Life
written by Cecil Raleigh & Seymour Hicks
Strobridge & Co. Lith.
c1898

Rental Horse (Shakuba) from Ehagaki sekai
by Yamada Kiyoshi
1908