Art, Symbol & Imagination
David Devant’s Expanding Birdcage
A domed wire cage stands on short feet beneath a lifting ring, with small compartments projecting from its lower sides. Figure 218 illustrates the expanding cage used in David Devant’s Bag of Mystery. Hoffmann’s text explains that its upper part can sink into the lower section before production. The drawing records the cage at its full, visually impressive size.
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Illustrator not identified. "David Devant’s Expanding Birdcage" [editorial title]. In Later Magic, Professor Hoffmann. 1904 E. P. Dutton edition, 1904, E. P. Dutton & Company. Source scan leaf 545. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0065-0544
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Illustrator not identified. David Devant’s Expanding Birdcage. Later Magic. Scan leaf 545. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0065-0544