<P> This trick is also traditionally performed for children, since it is a basic trick with basic props . </P> <P> It is said that the earliest magician to pull a rabbit out of a hat was Louis Comte, in 1814, though this is also attributed to the much later John Henry Anderson . </P> <P> This magic trick is so well known that it has been referenced in a wide variety of media . The top hat used for the trick has become almost synonymous with stage magicians, and is commonly used as an icon to represent magic (such as the example on the right). Likewise, rabbits are so commonly associated with the trick that rabbits are often used to represent magic in general . </P>

Magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat