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Zoetrope Drum

David Livingstone

1864

Napoleon III

1860-1869

Open end spectacle case

1801-1900

Booklet containing six carbon prints marking the International Health Exhibition

1884

Objective Cover Glasses

1870-1900

New Patent Jewel Kaleidoscope, 1854-1863

1854-1863

Zoetrope strip: No 11, Fish and Fowl

1860s

Dry Collodion Plate Camera

circa 1860

Zoetrope strip: Badgered Cat

1860s

Wells' Lamp Filler

1890-1899

Approximately 100 photographs of the Arctic Expedition of 1875-6 under Capt. Nares

1875-1876

'Artist' Twin Lens Plate Camera

1889

International Exhibition 1862

1862
Zoetrope strip entitled 'Black Ethardos' by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company.

Black Ethardos

Zoetrope strip entitled 'High Life Below Stars' by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company.

High Life Below Stars

Zoetrope strip entitled 'Football' by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company.

Football

Zoetrope strip entitled 'Red and Black Waltz' by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company.

Red and Black Waltz

Zoetrope strip entitled 'The Cure' by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company.

The Cure

Zoetrope strip entitled 'Badgered Cat' by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company.

Badgered Cat

Zoetrope strip entitled 'A Light Fantastic Toe' by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company.

'A Light Fantastic Toe'

Zoetrope strip entitled 'Such A Getting Down Stairs' by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company. This imagery is based upon the American song from the early 1830s "Sich a Getting Up Stairs" which was in the repertoire of Thomas D Rice and other early "blackface" performers.

Such A Getting Down Stairs

Zoetrope strip entitled 'Warm Work for Blackey' by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company (partial strip only).

Warm Work for Blackey

Zoetrope strip entitled 'Tuck in Your Twopenny' by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company.

Tuck in Your Twopenny

Zoetrope strip entitled 'A Hop and a Blow' by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company.

A Hope and a Blow

Zoetrope strip entitled 'The Indian Leotard' by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company.

The Indian Leotard

Zoetrope strip entitled 'The Modern Man in the Moon' by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company.

The Modern Man in the Moon

Zoetrope strip entitled 'Who's That Knocking at the Door' by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company.

Who's That Knocking at the Door

Zoetrope strip entitled 'A Pair of Donkeys' by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company.

A Pair of Donkeys

Zoetrope strip entitled 'The Rising Moon' by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company.

The Rising Moon

Zoetrope strip entitled 'Leap Frog' by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company.

Leap Frog

Zoetrope strip entitled 'A Cold Bath' by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company.

A Cold Bath

Zoetrope strip entitled 'A Fountain of Bon Bons' by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company (partial strip only).

A Fountain of Bon Bons

Zoetrope strip entitled 'A Well Known Domestic Tragedy' by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company.

Zoetrope strip: 'A Well Known Domestic Tragedy'

Zoetrope strip entitled 'The Wheel of Life' by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company.

Zoetrope strip: 'The Wheel of Life'

Zoetrope strip entitled 'Perpetual Motion' by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, about 1880. Paper and ink with watercolour wash.

Zoetrope Strip of a Ball Rolling Down a Spiral

circa 1880
Zoetrope strip entitled 'A Bottle Imp' by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, about 1880. Paper and ink with watercolour wash.

Zoetrope Strip of a Man Jumping In and Out of a Bottle

circa 1880
Zoetrope strip entitled 'Engine & Feline', by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, about 1880. Paper and ink with watercolour wash.

Zoetrope Strip 'Engine & Feline'

circa 1880
Zoetrope strip entitled 'The Cure', by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, about 1880. Paper and ink with watercolour wash.

Zoetrope strip: 'The Cure'

circa 1880
Zoetrope strip entitled 'Celarius Waltz', by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, about 1880. Paper and ink with watercolour wash.

Zoetrope Strip 'Celarius Waltz'

circa 1880
Tinfoil phonograph with gravity motor weight-driven, with stand, 1880.

Tinfoil phonograph with gravity motor weight-driven

1880
Half plate field camera by the London Stereoscopic Company with a Black Band rapid rectilinear lens, c. 1880.

Half Plate Field Camera

circa 1880
Stereo panoramic camera. Carl Zeiss, Jena Tessar lens 1: 4.5 f=12cm. The London Stereoscopic Company Ltd., Hanover Square, Regent St, W1. With lens caps on string. Overall (deployed): 210 mm x 190 mm x 170 mm.

Stereo panoramic camera. Carl Zeiss

Zoetrope strip entitled 'More Stings Than Honey', No. 29 from Series No. 3 by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company. c.1868.

Zoetrope strip No. 29 'More Stings than Honey'

circa 1868
Rapid rectilinear lens for 10 x 8 inch plates F: 16 inches f/8. Slot for Waterhouse stops. In an aluminium mount. Regd No.88031. No. 17158. London Stereoscopic company.

Black Band Rapid Rectilinear Lens

Artist hand plate camera, 1891. Wooden box camera for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 inch plates. Manufactured by London Stereoscopic Company. Lens (Euryscope f/6 RR) and hood missing. Rotary shutter has adjustable settings 0-3 large reflecting finder. Storage space for two inside camera. Camera incomplete. Overall: 186 mm x 225 mm 242 mm.

Artist hand plate camera

1891
Three-colour additive viewer; takes three stereo-pairs of seperation transparencies connected with tapes; in wooden box with lens hood, diffusing screen, and fitted with Kromogram of bowl of fruit.

Ives Stereo Kromskop viewer

Zoetrope strip entitled 'Fish and Fowl', No. 11 from Series No. 1 by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, c. 1868.

Zoetrope strip No. 11 'Fish and Fowl'

circa 1868
Zoetrope strip, '67 Fly! Leave my nose alone', No. 67 from Series No. 6 by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company.

Zoetrope strip: No. 67 Fly! Leave My Nose Alone

circa 1868
Flexible wooden blind (mostly missing) moving in grooves, speed adjustable with 7 positions between slow and fast. Time exposures, pneumatic release valves. 38mm diameter lens mount. London Stereoscopic Company.

The Right-Turn-About Shutter