A Zoetrope drum on a polished circular wood base.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1880 - 1890
Materials
Wood, Cardboard
Measurements
300 mm (Height); 208 mm (Diameter)
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525272.1
Summary
A Zoetrope drum on a polished circular wood base. The drum itself is cardboard with 12 vertical slots. It is 180mm high with a metal rim. There are no markings to identify the maker. The basic picture set is of a man on a horse.
Provenance
Part of The Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986