Image
Category
Collection
Object type
Maker
Place of origin
Date

Phenakistoscope disc with handle

circa 1830s

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

1879 (1956)

Zoetrope strip: Humming Bird

circa 1868

Anschutz Tachyscope

1891

'Stanhope viewer' optical toy

Crawling Beetle Phenakistoscope Disc

1833

Polyrama Panoptique

circa 1850

Peep Egg Optical Toy

1875-1899

Polyrama Panoptique

circa 1840

Zoetrope with stand

1870

Fantascope disc

1833

Move-O-Graph Photographs

1911-1921

Filoscope depicting Gordon Highlanders in South Africa

circa 1900

Phenakistoscope Disc of A Snake

1833

Phenakistoscope Disc Of a Frog Jumping Around Grass

1833

Le Praxinoscope

1877

Copper printing plate for Fantascope disc

1833

Copper printing plate for Fantascope disc

1833

Copper printing plate for Fantascope disc;

1833

Copper printing plate for Fantascope disc

1833

Living pictures optical illusion' set with eight coloured Phenakistiscope discs

1840-1860

'Rainbow Cup' scientific toy

1911-1930

Phenakistoscope disc

circa 1830s

Multiplying glass with sixteen facets

1880-1900

phenakistoscope

Copper printing plate for Fantascope disc

1833

Original cover for five Fantoscope discs

1833

Kinora Cinematographic Viewer with Picture Reels

1908

Filoscope: David Devant The Mysterious Rabbit

circa 1896

Multiplying glass, 1800-1820

1800-1820

'Rainbow Cup' scientific toy

1911-1930

Fantascope Copper Printing Plate Of Man's Head and Magpie

1833

Flicker Book of Boxers

Portrait of Captain Phineas Schofield Robinson

Zoetrope strip: Swan Swimming Past Windmill

circa 1868

Zoetrope strip: Butterfly and Poppy

circa 1868

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

1833

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

Colour-printed backdrop card for Praxinoscope 'Decor No 3 - Effect de Neige'.

Coloured Backdrop Card for Praxinoscope

circa 1890

Colour-printed backdrop card for Praxinoscope 'No 3 Paysage'.

Coloured Backdrop Card for Praxinoscope

circa 1890

Colour-printed backdrop card for Praxinoscope 'Decor No 3 - Paysage'.

Coloured Backdrop Card for Praxinoscope

circa 1890

Colour-printed backdrop card for Praxinoscope 'No 2 Cirque'.

Coloured Backdrop Card for Praxinoscope

circa 1890

Four discs for Stroboscope or Fantascope of miscellaneous origin. These were originally included in the thirteen Discs referring to the Stampfer Stroboscope (Inv. No.1940-13), later identified as being published by other designers.

Four discs for Stroboscope or Fantascope of miscellaneous origin

Phenakistiscope disc, hand colour lithograph of man playing cymbals and sticking out tongue.

Phenakistiscope disc

circa 1840

Viviscope (incomplete).

Viviscope

circa 1895

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 1905

Zoetrope strip showing a juggling acrobat balancing on a ball.

Zoetrope strip: Juggler Balancing on Ball

Zoetrope strip Clarke's Wheel of Life No.37 showing a man riding a horse.

Zoetrope strip: The Wheel of Life No. 37

Zoetrope strip showing a figure jumping over a ball.

Zoetrope strip: Jumping Over a Ball

Zoetrope strip showing a man playing pan pipes and a drum.

Zoetrope strip: Playing Pipes and Drum