Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin

Tightrope walker, c. 1840

Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, Tightrope walker
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin
Blois, 1805 - Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt, 1871
Tightrope walker
c. 1840
Mixed technique
70 x 46 x 29 cm

Musical automaton with fourteen movements

Animated scene, clock and two musical compositions