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LicenseGraphicel cartoon kit
'produce your own cartoon movies drawings
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Graphicel cartoon kit
'produce your own cartoon movies drawings
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Graphicel Cartoon Kit: 'produce your own cartoon movies drawings and titles with the Graphicel Cartoon Kit'. Made by Graphicel Ltd, and distributed by Gordon Cameras Ltd, London. Comprising the foldable cardboard lightbox/baseboard; lamp holder and wiring; 15W lamp; chinagraph pencil; a stack of animation paper; and a stack of animation cels.
The Graphicel Cartoon Kit was aimed at amateur animators and retailed at £5.25. The kit was described as, “a very handy way for a newcomer to ‘have a go’ at cartooning. It was manufactured by Graphicel Ltd and distributed by Gordon Cameras Ltd of London, c. 1971.
Cardboard box for Graphicel Cartoon Kit, made by Graphicel Ltd, and distributed by Gordon Cameras Ltd, London.
With a cardboard light box, lamp holder and a supply of animation cels, this kit contained everything needed to ‘have a go at cartooning’. The Graphicel Cartoon Kit was aimed at amateur animators and retailed at £5.25. It was manufactured by Graphicel Ltd and distributed by Gordon Cameras Ltd of London.
Stack of unused animation papers, part of the Graphicel Cartoon Kit, made by Graphicel Ltd, and distributed by Gordon Cameras Ltd, London.
Stack of unused animation cels, part of the Graphicel Cartoon Kit, made by Graphicel Ltd, and distributed by Gordon Cameras Ltd, London.
Royal Sovereign Chinagraph pencil, part of the Graphicel Cartoon Kit, made by Graphicel Ltd, and distributed by Gordon Cameras Ltd, London.
Lamp holder, part of the Graphicel Cartoon Kit, made by Graphicel Ltd, and distributed by Gordon Cameras Ltd, London.
Wiring for lamp, part of the Graphicel Cartoon Kit, made by Graphicel Ltd, and distributed by Gordon Cameras Ltd, London.
G.E.C bulb in cardboard packaging, part of the Graphicel Cartoon Kit, made by Graphicel Ltd, and distributed by Gordon Cameras Ltd, London.
Purple plastic insert, part of packaging from Graphicel Cartoon Kit, made by Graphicel Ltd, and distributed by Gordon Cameras Ltd, London.
