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Harry Kellar was the first magician to depict images of imps apparently whispering arcane secrets to him on his 1894 lithograph. (left)
Leon Hermann, (nephew of Alexander Hermann) who toured at the same time of Kellar, seems to be the next to adopt the motif in several of his posters...
Howard Thurston, Kellar's successor continued the tradition...
VINTAGE DEMON POSTERS
Courtesy of the United States Library of Congress
This particular piece above is considered by many, the finest magician poster of all time... it's hard to disagree.
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