Zoetrope strip from Series No. 5, Number 58 entitled 'Steam Scissors', by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, c. 1868. 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.