Zoetrope strip: 'The Cure'

PART OF:
Zoetrope
Made:
circa 1880
maker:
London Stereoscopic Company

Zoetrope strip entitled 'The Cure', by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, about 1880. Paper and ink with watercolour wash.

A zoetrope strip is a strip of paper with a sequence of printed drawings representing a scene in motion which sits inside a the drum of a zoetrope. When the drum is rotated, the images provide a loop of continuous motion.

Details

Category:
Cinematography
Object Number:
1934-302/8
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 85 mm x 910 mm
type:
zoetrope strip
credit:
The National Media Museum, Bradford