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'Stanhope viewer' optical toy

Crawling Beetle Phenakistoscope Disc

1833

Phenakistoscope Disc of A Snake

1833

Phenakistoscope Disc Of a Frog Jumping Around Grass

1833

Fantascope disc

1833

Anschutz Tachyscope

1891

Move-O-Graph Photographs

1911-1921

Filoscope depicting Gordon Highlanders in South Africa

circa 1900

Polyrama Panoptique

circa 1850

Peep Egg Optical Toy

1875-1899

Zoetrope with stand

1870

Polyrama Panoptique

circa 1840

Phenakistoscope disc with handle

circa 1830s

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

Multiplying glass, 1800-1820

1800-1820

'Rainbow Cup' scientific toy

1911-1930

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

1879 (1956)

phenakistoscope

Le Praxinoscope

1877

Copper printing plate for Fantascope disc

1833

Original cover for five Fantoscope discs

1833

Multiplying glass with sixteen facets

1880-1900

Zoetrope strip: Humming Bird

circa 1868

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

1833

Phenakistoscope disc

circa 1830s

Fantascope Copper Printing Plate Of Man's Head and Magpie

1833

Flicker Book of Boxers

Portrait of Captain Phineas Schofield Robinson

Kinora Cinematographic Viewer with Picture Reels

1908

Filoscope: David Devant The Mysterious Rabbit

circa 1896

Zoetrope strip: Swan Swimming Past Windmill

circa 1868

Zoetrope strip: Butterfly and Poppy

circa 1868
Double sided stroboscopic disc by Prof. Stampfer: wheels/dots and stars. Published by James Black, Woolwich, sold by Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, London.

Stroboscope Disc: Wheels / Dots and Stars

circa 1833
Double sided Stroboscopic disc by Professor Stampfer, No 3 gearwheels with anvil on one side, No 4 cogwheels on the otherside. Published by James Black, Woolwich, sold by Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, London.

Gearwheels with Anvil / Cogwheels

circa 1833
Double sided stroboscopic disc by Prof. Stampfer: Asbstract triangle patterns on both sides. Published by James Black, Woolwich, sold by Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, London.

Stroboscope Disc: Asbstract Triangle Patterns on Both Sides

circa 1833
Double sided Stroboscopic disc: Ball through hoop/pulleys. Published by James Black, Woolwich, sold by Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, London.

Strobvoscope Disc: Ball through hoop / pulleys

circa 1833
Double sided stroboscopic disc by Prof. Stampfer: man walking/man juggling. Published by James Black, Woolwich, sold by Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, London.

Stroboscope disc: Man Walking / Man Juggling

circa 1833
Double sided stroboscopic disc by Prof. Stampfer: coloured balls/dart board style design. Published by James Black, Woolwich, sold by Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, London.

Stroboscope Disc: Coloured balls / dart board style design

circa 1833
Original wooden box for Stroboscope by Professor Stampfer.

Stroboscope

circa 1833
Original wooden box for Stroboscope by Professor Stampfer. Published by James Black, Woolwich, sold by Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, London.

Box for Stroboscope

circa 1833
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

Fantascope disc by T T Bury: Man on velocipede, 1833.

Fantascope disc: Man on Velocipede

1833
Fantascope disc by T T Bury: Turkish Juggler, 1833.

Fantascope disc: Turkish Juggler

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

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