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THB[CONTORTIONIST]. Wm. Powers. Baltimore: Samuel and John Ada...
Lot 139
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[CONTORTIONIST]. Wm. Powers. Baltimore: Samuel and John Adams, 1789. One-color letterpress broadside playbill advertising shows by William Powers, ?a Lad of only 14 Years of Age, lately arrived from London? who would ?perform a Variety of very extraordinary Feats of Activity? to take place at a Baltimore coffeehouse. In addition to detailing Powers? various gymnastic and contortionist skills, the early American playbill indicates that this young performer also ?shews, with great activity, how a porpus [sic] tumbles in the sea.? Tickets were even sold with a money-back guarantee: ?If the performance is not done agreeable to the above, the money will be returned before any person leaves the room.? Framed and matted to 18 ? x 12?. Repairs to creases, small tears, abrasion, soiling and toning. Possibly laid down or reinforced, but not examined out of frame. See?Exemplars, (p. 320), and?Extraordinary Exhibitions?(pp. 54 - 55).
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