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Zoetrope strip: Humming Bird

circa 1868

Fantascope disc

1833

Anschutz Tachyscope

1891

Move-O-Graph Photographs

1911-1921

Filoscope depicting Gordon Highlanders in South Africa

circa 1900

Phenakistoscope disc with handle

circa 1830s

Phenakistoscope Disc of A Snake

1833

Crawling Beetle Phenakistoscope Disc

1833

Phenakistoscope Disc Of a Frog Jumping Around Grass

1833

'Stanhope viewer' optical toy

Polyrama Panoptique

circa 1850

Peep Egg Optical Toy

1875-1899

Polyrama Panoptique

circa 1840

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

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

Original cover for five Fantoscope discs

1833

Kinora Cinematographic Viewer with Picture Reels

1908

Multiplying glass, 1800-1820

1800-1820

'Rainbow Cup' scientific toy

1911-1930

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

1879 (1956)

phenakistoscope

Le Praxinoscope

1877

Phenakistoscope disc

circa 1830s

Zoetrope strip: Swan Swimming Past Windmill

circa 1868

Zoetrope strip: Butterfly and Poppy

circa 1868

Multiplying glass with sixteen facets

1880-1900

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

1833

Fantascope Copper Printing Plate Of Man's Head and Magpie

1833

Flicker Book of Boxers

Portrait of Captain Phineas Schofield Robinson

Filoscope: David Devant The Mysterious Rabbit

circa 1896
A fantascope disc by Thomas Talbot Bury showing a cat chasing a bird, published by Ackermann and Company, 1833.

Fantascope disc

1833
Portfolio cover for set of 6 Fantascope discs by T M Baynes, published by Ackermann and Company, 96 Strand, London, 1833.

Portfolio Cover for Set of 6 Fantascope Discs

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
Fantascope disc made by Ackermann and Company: Woman beating husband, 1833.

Fantascope disc made by Ackermann and Company: Woman beating husband

1833
A fantascope disc by Thomas Talbot Bury showing a woman chasing a man with a stick, published by Ackermann and Company, 1833.

Fantascope disc

1833
Fantascope disc: Juggler with frog around the centre. Published by Thos. McLean, Haymarket, Edinburgh, c. 1833.

Fantascope Disc

circa 1833
A fantascope disc by Thomas Talbot Bury showing a man wearing a turban sitting cross-legged and holding a hoop with his mouth, published by Ackermann and Company, 1833.

Fantascope disc

1833
A fantascope disc by Thomas Talbot Bury showing a boy doing somersault and a horse jumping through a hoop, published by Ackermann and Company, 1833.

Fantascope disc

1833
Hand-held Asterioscope in brass mount in red leather morocco case, by Murray and Heath, 43 Piccadilly, London, England, 1850-1880. Consists of fine diffraction grating rulings on glass in rotating frame, thought to be an optical toy in the manner of the kaleidoscope.

Asterioscope in leather case

1850-1880
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