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Title
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'Sketches at the Davenports' Performances', showing a sketch of the brothers, their performance and the crowd, sketched at Melbourne
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Description
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Ira Erastus and William Henry Davenport had a huge influence on 19th century magic and society. From the mid1850s they toured America, and later the world, with their spirit cabinet routine. The Davenports quickly became associated with spiritualism, which was becoming more popular in both America and Britain. The performance was presented as being a genuine supernatural phenomenon. The Davenports’ spirit effects were repeatedly exposed as trickery, but they continued to tour until William Henry’s death in 1877.
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Creator
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Australian Sketcher'
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Date
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1876
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Identifier
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HPG/8/2/2 (i)
Magic
