Henry Roltair

Henry Roltair (1853 - 1910) born in London, was a vaudeville illusionist in the United States and famous for creating "set location" illusions he did for places such as Coney Island amusements parks and Barnum and Bailey's Circus.

Credited with created the Spider Girl illusion, an elaboration on the living-head illusion or Sphinx Illusion.

References

• Roltair "Genius of Illusions" by John Alexander McKinven (1980)
• Secrets of the sideshows by Joe Nickell (2005)

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