Zoetrope strip: Humming Bird
- PART OF:
- Zoetrope, with 38 strips and 6 discs
- Made:
- circa 1868 in London
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Zoetrope strip showing a humming bird flying over flowers, made by H G Clarke & Co, 1860s.
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 when viewed through the slits in the side.
Details
- Category:
- Cinematography
- Object Number:
- 1975-325/37
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 86 mm x 868 mm
- type:
- optical toy and zoetrope
