The Waite–Smith Deck
The Magician
As above, so below — made into a single gesture.
- Work
- from the 1909 Waite–Smith deck
- Plate
- Major Arcana · Key 1
- Maker
- Pamela Colman Smith, for A. E. Waite
- Date
- 1909
- Source
- Published London, 1909 · scan: Wikimedia Commons
Format
The full-resolution scan, color-managed to the source plate — yours to print, study, and explore.
Size
$29.00
The story
One hand lifts a wand to the sky, the other points to the earth — as above, so below, made into a single gesture. Above his head floats the lemniscate, the sideways figure of infinity, and on the table lie the four suit emblems: cup, coin, sword, and wand. Pamela Colman Smith gave the card its roses and lilies and its confident stance in 1909, working at speed for a flat fee that bought her images and her anonymity both. The deck was credited to A. E. Waite and to its London publisher; her name waited a century. Look for the small 'PCS' monogram tucked at the lower edge.
See it on your wall
The plate, in your home
The Magician printed large and framed, hung in rooms like yours. Every edition ships ready to become the piece the room is built around.
About this reproduction
- A faithful reproduction of a public-domain plate — from the 1909 Waite–Smith deck (1909), held by Published London, 1909 · scan: Wikimedia Commons. The work was published before 1931 and is centuries out of copyright.
- Printed to order on 200gsm EMA matte art paper; framed pieces sit behind acrylic, no mat.
- Color-managed to the source scan; we correct nothing and invent nothing.
- Ships in 5–10 business days, rolled in a heavy-wall tube (framed pieces ship flat-packed).
- If it arrives less than perfect, we reprint or refund — your choice.
Why our plates cost more than a poster: we print from the highest-resolution scans available, at sizes where the engraving itself becomes visible — the emblem line, the letterpress bite, the registration of colour — on stock made to outlive its owner.
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