Seven picture strips for Zoestrope
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1880 - 1890
Materials
Paper
Measurements
54 mm (Width); 660 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525272.2
Summary
A set of image strips for Zoetrope. Each strip has twelve square images. Each strip has a label and the subjects are as follows A cat playing a cello - Le Since Musicien No 19 Depose A Flower with Butterflies - Les Papillons No 16 " Two boys cutting wood - Les Sciers de Long No 11 " A girl with chickens - Le repas des Poulets No 4 " A girl with a shuttlecock - Le jeu du volant No 19 " A girl Swimming - La Naceuse No.18 " A girl with a fishtank - L'Aquarium No.1 " Each strip also has the marking 'Le Praxinoscope (Brevete SGDG) Six of them are also marked 'ER.INV.DEL.PARIS'
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