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CHUNG LING FOO (QUA Chee-Ling 1854-circa 1922). Advertising broadside in Chinese, with a small portrait of the magician and the text within an
CHUNG LING FOO (QUA Chee-Ling 1854-circa 1922). Advertising broadside in Chinese, with a small portrait of the magician and the text within an elaborate border in the form of a dragon, 15 1/2x10 1/4 inches (39x26 cm). Circa 1895.
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Notes: Chung Ling Foo was born in Beijing and was probably the only well-known Chinese magician performing Chinese-style magic during his time. He toured extensively in the United States and Europe. He had a well-known feud with Chung Ling Soo.
accompanied by--Photographic cabinet card format portrait of two young Chinese boys in fancy Chinese costumes, on an unmarked mount, but with an early notation on the verso identifying them as the children of the magician, "Enfants de Chung Ling Foo."
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