Items tagged optical illusion devices in MV Collections
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Phenakistoscope Discs - post 1832
Two double-sided phenakistoscope discs featuring sequential still images. They are components of the phenakistoscope, an animation device. These discs were interchangeable and various s ...
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Zoetrope Strip - Person Balancing Ball with Feet, 1834-1900
Alternative Name(s): Zoetrope Band Zoetrope strip cut and pasted onto a sheet of paper. This strip is believed to have come from a Victorian era children's scrap book. It depicts 20 sl ...
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Postcard - Man & Girl Looking at Moving Images with a Praxinoscope Theatre, circa 1879
Modern postcard of an earlier engraving, showing a man and girl looking at a Praxinoscope Theatre.The man is looking through the viewer of the theatre which allows him to see the animat ...
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Newspaper Clipping - 'Knowledge' Magazine, 'The Magic Wheel', 1881-1917
Short article on 'The Magic Wheel' or phenakistoscope, with an accompanying image of a boy looking at an animation using the phenakistoscope. The article appeared in the British popular ...
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Phenakistoscope Disc - Playing Leapfrog, post 1832
Phenakistoscope disc featuring ten slightly different images of two boys/men playing leapfrog. The disc is a component of the phenakistoscope, an animation device. These discs were inte ...
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Phenakistoscope Disc - Horse Rider Jumping, post 1832
Phenakistoscope disc featuring nine images of a rider jumping through a hoop whilst standing on the back of a moving horse. It appears to be a cruder version of a similar disc produced ...
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Phenakistoscope Disc - Jumping Frogs, post 1832
Phenakistoscope disc featuring an inner and outer circle of jumping frogs, each in a slightly different position. It appears to be a cruder version of a similar disc produced by Ackerma ...
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Anamorphosis - The Bay of Naples, Date Unknown
This printed anamorphosis shows a scene of the Bay of Naples and its surrounds. Anamorphosis is a perspective technique whereby an image which appears distorted when viewed normally, a ...
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Anamorphosis - Emperor Napoleon III of France, 1852-1870
Printed anamorphosis which shows a portrait of French Emperor Napoleon III. Anamorphosis is a perspective technique whereby an image which appears distorted when viewed normally, appea ...
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Anamorphosis - William Shakespeare, Date Unknown
Hand drawn and coloured anamorphosis which shows a portrait of William Shakespeare. Anamorphosis is a perspective technique whereby an image which appears distorted when viewed normall ...
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