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Carl Hertz — The Vanishing Birdcage

Name: Carl Hertz — The Vanishing Birdcage
Brand: The Conjuror
SKU: PA-02095

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No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, 148 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.

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The San Francisco-born mystifier who conquered Europe, celebrated for vanishing a full birdcage — bird and all — from bare hands. His act drew such outcry over the canary’s fate that Parliament summoned him in 1921 to prove the bird unharmed.

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Medium of the original: Colour lithograph poster
Original held by: Wikimedia Commons
Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-02095

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Size	Why
8 x 10 in	148 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
8 x 12 in	136 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
11 x 14 in	108 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 16 in	99 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 18 in	90 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 20 in	74 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 24 in	68 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 24 in	66 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 30 in	54 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 30 in	49 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 36 in	45 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 40 in	39 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 48 in	33 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 60 in	27 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged

Scanned: 2026-10-07
Master file: 1,189 x 1,632 px, srgb
Tone: Darks 35, lights 246 of 255; 0.1% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
Colour: 0% vivid
Sharpness: 0.19