{"product_id":"servais-le-roy-decapitation-1907-theatre-magic","title":"Servais Le Roy 1907 | Vintage Magic Poster","description":"\u003cp\u003eA bearded head sits on a silver salver balanced on Servais Le Roy's fingertips, and the bound devil behind him looks far more upset about it than the head does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdolph Friedländer's press in Hamburg lithographed the poster around 1907. The Friedländer firm produced more than 9,000 posters between 1872 and 1935. Le Roy was a Belgian-born illusionist who, with Talma, first performed the Asrah levitation in London in 1914.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis wife Mary Ford performed as Talma, and the Bosco role passed through nine performers over the act's long run.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eOn the poster\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLe Roy stands at the centre in a red tailcoat, right arm extended overhead. On the salver is the severed head, wide-eyed, with Bosco’s beard. Behind Le Roy a bound red devil crouches on the amber-to-yellow ground with its tail coiled. The palette is scarlet and cobalt on warm amber that deepens to burnt orange at the edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAbout this print\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA digitally restored reproduction, printed on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Fine Art paper with pigment inks.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Poster Archives","offers":[{"title":"A4","offer_id":64852053033337,"sku":"VPA-14231-A4","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3","offer_id":64890312753529,"sku":"VPA-14231-A3","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A2","offer_id":64894658838905,"sku":"VPA-14231-A2","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/1139\/4937\/files\/Advertising-ServaisLeRoy-GreatDecapitationMystery-1900s__VPA-14231_96ef6a35-9039-4f83-8f82-19c08879468b.jpg?v=1792072307","url":"https:\/\/vintageposterarchives.com\/products\/servais-le-roy-decapitation-1907-theatre-magic","provider":"Vintage Poster Archives","version":"1.0","type":"link"}