Victorian Magic Props Catalog Ephemera Sheets
These printable ephemera sheets are made up of pages and illustrations from a vintage magic props catalog from the Victorian era - Otto Maurer's Catalogue of Magical Apparatus and Illusions. I started reading the descriptions of the different ‘apparatuses’ thinking I would learn all the tricks-of-the-trade, but Otto Maurer did a great job of letting you know what trick the prop accomplished without revealing the ‘how’ of it.
Scroll down, and you’ll find a sheet of 2.5” x 4.25” images, a sheet of 2” squares featuring mostly the props themselves, and a sheet with some larger 3.25” x 6.25” images, in case you want something a bit bigger for a background.
If you like Victorian-era magic imagery, you will want to check out this sheet of Victorian Card Tricks trade cards.
2.5” x 4.75” Rectangles
Use these for art journaling, junk journaling, bullet journaling, scrapbooking, collage, artist trading cards (ATCs) and other mixed media artwork and crafts.
2” Squares
3.25” x 6.25”
You may also enjoy these free collage sheets.
Terms of use:
Free to use for personal or commercial projects. You may print the collage sheets as many times as you wish for your personal crafts or in your projects to sell, including: art journals, scrapbooks, junk journals, collage art, etc. You may not redistribute or sell the collage sheets “as is" in either print or digital form.
If you wish to share the files on your own website, please do not make the files available for download directly from your site. Instead, include an image with a link back to this site.
To the best of my knowledge, these are all royalty free images that are in the Public Domain in the US. However, you should always do your own research if you plan to use them commercially.
