Mons. ChabertTheatre Royal, Brighton ... Mons. Chabert, The Fire King. Brighton: Fleet, [1830] Broadside playbill (401 x 178 mm). Printed in an assortment of types, engraving showing Monsieur Chabert in the Temple of Fire; not examined out of frame, linen-backed, old folds, a few small closed tears and losses. Framed and glazed with Plexiglas. Monsieur Chabert here advertises his "Extraordinary Exploits, consisting of Swallowing Poisons, Resisting Fires, &c. &c..." His act culminated in the so-called Temple of Fire, wherein Chabert enclosed himself in an "immense Body of Flame till one entire Suit of Apparel is consumed on his person."
Mons. ChabertTheatre Royal, Brighton ... Mons. Chabert, The Fire King. Brighton: Fleet, [1830] Broadside playbill (401 x 178 mm). Printed in an assortment of types, engraving showing Monsieur Chabert in the Temple of Fire; not examined out of frame, linen-backed, old folds, a few small closed tears and losses. Framed and glazed with Plexiglas. Monsieur Chabert here advertises his "Extraordinary Exploits, consisting of Swallowing Poisons, Resisting Fires, &c. &c..." His act culminated in the so-called Temple of Fire, wherein Chabert enclosed himself in an "immense Body of Flame till one entire Suit of Apparel is consumed on his person."
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