Phenakistoscope Disc, Pixie with Whip and Top
- Made:
- circa 1840 in unknown place
Phenakistoscope of Pixie with whip and top and small devil dancing. One of four discs for Stroboscope or Fantascope of miscellaneous origin.
This optical toy was invented by the Belgian physicist Joseph Plateau (1801-1883). It is held with the printed side of the disc facing a mirror. When the disc is spun the viewer looks at its reflection through the apertures on the disc's circumference and the drawings appear to move.
Details
- Category:
- Cinematography
- Object Number:
- 1940-79/4
- Materials:
- cardboard
- Measurements:
-
overall: 212 mm,
- type:
- optical toy, fantascope and phenakistoscope
- credit:
- The National Media Museum, Bradford
