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Zoetrope with stand

Zoetrope with stand

1870
Phenakistoscope disc with handle

Phenakistoscope disc with handle

circa 1830s
Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

1879 (1956)
Zoetrope strip: Butterfly and Poppy

Zoetrope strip: Butterfly and Poppy

circa 1868
Le Praxinoscope

Le Praxinoscope

1877
Zoetrope strip: Humming Bird

Zoetrope strip: Humming Bird

circa 1868
Zoetrope strip: Swan Swimming Past Windmill

Zoetrope strip: Swan Swimming Past Windmill

circa 1868
Anschutz Tachyscope

Anschutz Tachyscope

1891
Crawling Beetle Phenakistoscope Disc

Crawling Beetle Phenakistoscope Disc

1833
Kinora Cinematographic Viewer with Picture Reels

Kinora Cinematographic Viewer with Picture Reels

1908
Phenakistoscope Disc of A Snake

Phenakistoscope Disc of A Snake

1833
Phenakistoscope Disc Of a Frog Jumping Around Grass

Phenakistoscope Disc Of a Frog Jumping Around Grass

1833
Peep Egg Optical Toy

Peep Egg Optical Toy

1875-1899
Living pictures optical illusion' set with eight coloured Phenakistiscope discs

Living pictures optical illusion' set with eight coloured Phenakistiscope discs

1840-1860
Fantascope disc

Fantascope disc

1833
Move-O-Graph Photographs

Move-O-Graph Photographs

1911-1921
Phenakistoscope disc

Phenakistoscope disc

circa 1830s
Fantascope disc by Ackermann & Co: Spiral of death's head emerging from centre

Fantascope disc by Ackermann & Co: Spiral of death's head emerging from centre

1833
Multiplying glass, 1800-1820

Multiplying glass, 1800-1820

1800-1820
Filoscope: David Devant The Mysterious Rabbit

Filoscope: David Devant The Mysterious Rabbit

circa 1896
'Stanhope viewer' optical toy

'Stanhope viewer' optical toy

'Rainbow Cup' scientific toy

'Rainbow Cup' scientific toy

1911-1930
'Rainbow Cup' scientific toy

'Rainbow Cup' scientific toy

1911-1930
Filoscope depicting Gordon Highlanders in South Africa

Filoscope depicting Gordon Highlanders in South Africa

circa 1900
phenakistoscope disc of juggler

phenakistoscope disc of juggler

Portrait of Captain Phineas Schofield Robinson

Portrait of Captain Phineas Schofield Robinson

Original cover for five Fantoscope discs

Original cover for five Fantoscope discs

1833
Fantascope Copper Printing Plate Of Man's Head and Magpie

Fantascope Copper Printing Plate Of Man's Head and Magpie

1833
Polyorama Panoptique

Polyorama Panoptique

circa 1850
Flicker Book of Boxers

Flicker Book of Boxers

Unknown
Multiplying glass with sixteen facets

Multiplying glass with sixteen facets

1880-1900
Copper printing plate for Fantascope disc

Copper printing plate for Fantascope disc

1833
Polyorama Panoptique

Polyorama Panoptique

circa 1850
Copper printing plate for Fantascope disc

Copper printing plate for Fantascope disc

1833
Copper printing plate for Fantascope disc

Copper printing plate for Fantascope disc

1833
Copper printing plate for Fantascope disc

Copper printing plate for Fantascope disc

1833
Copper printing plate for Fantascope disc;

Copper printing plate for Fantascope disc;

1833
Peepshow box with fourteen paper transparencies, c 1800. Wooden box 340 x 440 x 420mm. Front covered with canvas, pattern of dome-headed brass studs. 70mm diameter convex lens in brass mount. Internal groove to hold paper transparencies, top lid for access. Hinged rear door, with metal lining for reflector. Unknown maker.

Peepshow Box With Fourteen Paper Transparencies

circa 1800
Zoetrope strip of man dancing with castanets.

Zoetrope strip of man dancing with castanets

c. 1868
Three Fantoscope discs by Ackermann and Co (1st series), 1833.

Three Fantoscope discs by Ackermann and Co (1st series)

1833
Praxinoscope Theatre, 1877.

Praxinoscope Theatre

1877
Six reels of flip card picture film by Lumiere, Lyon, France for Kinora viewer in shoe box

Six Reels of Flip Card Picture Film for Kinora Viewer by Lumiere

circa 1908
Two Fantascope discs designed by Edward Sang (published by Forrester & Nicol, Edinburgh and John Dunn (Edinburgh Optician)).

Two Fantascope discs by Edward Sang

1833
Zoetrope strip entitled 'The Cure' by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company showing a jumping man toy.

Zoetrope strip: The Cure

c. 1870
Zoetrope strip entitled 'The Red Legged Ogre and his Dancing Poodle', No. 24 from Series No. 2 by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, c. 1868.

Zoetrope strip: 'The Red Legged Ogre and his Dancing Poodle'

circa 1868
Stroboscope by Professor Stampfer, in original wooden box, with nine discs of various designs (see 1940 79 for remaining 4 of original 13)

Stroboscope by Professor Stampfer

Phenakistoscope of Pixie with whip and top and small devil dancing. One of four discs for Stroboscope or Fantascope of miscellaneous origin.

Phenakistoscope Disc, Pixie with Whip and Top

circa 1840
Praxinoscope or wheel of life on turned wooden stand with metal drum; with lampshade.

Le Praxinoscope

circa 1890
Viviscope (incomplete).

Viviscope

circa 1895
Replica of Beale's Choreutoscope with five additional slides showing six images on each: (1) dancing 'Puss in Boots', (2) dancing man in turban, (3) dancing man (with drum), (4) Punch & Judy-type scene with Punchinello / clown and policeman (5).

Replica of Beale's Choreutoscopee

c. 1949