Phenakistoscope disc with handle

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
Made:
circa 1830s in unknown place
inventor:
Joseph Plateau
publisher:
Alphonse Giroux
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Phenakistoscope, complete with disc
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
Science Museum Group Collection

Phenakistoscope
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
Science Museum Group Collection

Phenakistoscope. With eight double sided picture discs, 180mm-224mm diameter (some badly damaged from adhesive). Black painted heavy card disc with rectangular peripheral perforations. Spindle with wooden handle. 1. Dancer with cornucopea/cherub and female figure 2. Man with bat and ball/two dancers 3. sawmill/blacksmith 4. Man bowing to woman, tumbler/blacksmith 5. hoop and ball/leapfrog 6. Girl with cymbals/two boys jumping back-to-back 7. Wood chopping/woman birching boy 8. Punch/leaping through hoop from horseback.

Phenakistoscope and disc, published by Alphonse Giroux, c. 1830s.

This Phenakistoscope disc shows a man at an anvil. The Phenakistoscope was invented in 1833 by the Belgian physicist Joseph Plateau (1801-1883). It is held with the printed side of the disc facing a mirror. The disc is spun and the viewer looks at its reflection through the slits on the disc's circumference: the drawings appear to move.

Details

Category:
Cinematography
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/7181
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy), wood (unidentified) and cardboard
Measurements:
overall: 355 mm 230 mm,
type:
phenakistoscope and optical toy
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford

Parts

Phenakistoscope Disc

Phenakistoscope Disc

One of eight double-sided Phenakistoscope picture discs, 180mm-224mm diameter (some badly damaged from adhesive). Dancer with cornucopea; cherub and female figure.

Measurements:
overall: 180 mm,
Materials:
cardboard
Object Number:
1990-5036/7181/1
type:
phenakistoscope and optical toy
Phenakistoscope Disc

Phenakistoscope Disc

One of eight double-sided Phenakistoscope picture discs, 180mm-224mm diameter (some badly damaged from adhesive).Man with bat and ball; two dancers.

Materials:
cardboard
Object Number:
1990-5036/7181/2
type:
phenakistoscope and optical toy
Phenakistoscope Disc

Phenakistoscope Disc

One of eight double-sided Phenakistoscope picture discs, 180mm-224mm diameter (some badly damaged from adhesive). Sawmill; blacksmith.

Measurements:
overall: 180 mm,
Materials:
cardboard
Object Number:
1990-5036/7181/3
type:
phenakistoscope and optical toy
Phenakistoscope Disc

Phenakistoscope Disc

One of eight double-sided Phenakistoscope picture discs, 180mm-224mm diameter (some badly damaged from adhesive). Sawmill cutting logs; blacksmith with drop forge.

Measurements:
overall: 180 mm,
Materials:
cardboard
Object Number:
1990-5036/7181/4
type:
phenakistoscope and optical toy
Phenakistoscope Disc

Phenakistoscope Disc

One of eight double-sided Phenakistoscope picture discs, 180mm-224mm diameter (some badly damaged from adhesive). Hoop and ball; boys playing leapfrog.

Measurements:
overall: 180 mm,
Materials:
cardboard
Object Number:
1990-5036/7181/5
type:
phenakistoscope and optical toy
Phenakistoscope Disc

Phenakistoscope Disc

One of eight double-sided Phenakistoscope picture discs, 180mm-224mm diameter (some badly damaged from adhesive). Girl with cymbals, two boys jumping back-to-back.

Measurements:
overall: 180 mm,
Materials:
cardboard
Object Number:
1990-5036/7181/6
type:
phenakistoscope and optical toy
Phenakistoscope Disc

Phenakistoscope Disc

One of eight double-sided Phenakistoscope picture discs, 180mm-224mm diameter (some badly damaged from adhesive). Wood chopping, woman birching boy.

Measurements:
overall: 180 mm,
Materials:
cardboard
Object Number:
1990-5036/7181/7
type:
phenakistoscope and optical toy
Phenakistoscope Disc

Phenakistoscope Disc

One of eight double-sided Phenakistoscope picture discs, 180mm-224mm diameter (some badly damaged from adhesive). Mr Punch walking; man leaping through hoop from horseback.

Measurements:
overall: 180 mm,
Materials:
cardboard
Object Number:
1990-5036/7181/8
type:
phenakistoscope and optical toy