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Anschutz Tachyscope

1891

'Stanhope viewer' optical toy

Fantascope disc

1833

Move-O-Graph Photographs

1911-1921

Polyrama Panoptique

circa 1850

Peep Egg Optical Toy

1875-1899

Filoscope depicting Gordon Highlanders in South Africa

circa 1900

Phenakistoscope disc with handle

circa 1830s

Polyrama Panoptique

circa 1840

Crawling Beetle Phenakistoscope Disc

1833

Phenakistoscope Disc of A Snake

1833

Phenakistoscope Disc Of a Frog Jumping Around Grass

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

Multiplying glass with sixteen facets

1880-1900

'Rainbow Cup' scientific toy

1911-1930

Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre

1879 (1956)

phenakistoscope

Fantascope Copper Printing Plate Of Man's Head and Magpie

1833

Le Praxinoscope

1877

Flicker Book of Boxers

Portrait of Captain Phineas Schofield Robinson

Copper printing plate for Fantascope disc

1833

'Rainbow Cup' scientific toy

1911-1930

Original cover for five Fantoscope discs

1833

Kinora Cinematographic Viewer with Picture Reels

1908

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

1833

Zoetrope strip: Swan Swimming Past Windmill

circa 1868

Zoetrope strip: Butterfly and Poppy

circa 1868

Filoscope: David Devant The Mysterious Rabbit

circa 1896

Zoetrope strip: Humming Bird

circa 1868

Multiplying glass, 1800-1820

1800-1820

Phenakistoscope disc

circa 1830s
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
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

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
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 juggling acrobat balancing on a ball.

Zoetrope strip: Juggler Balancing on Ball

Zoetrope strip showing a figure with a stick and hoop.

Zoetrope strip: Hoop Rolling

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

Zoetrope strip: Playing Pipes and Drum