A Phenakistoscope disc depicting a black and white circle design.
Category
Toys
Date
1834
Materials
Card
Measurements
1 mm (Depth); 253 mm (Diameter)
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525405.3
Summary
A Phenakistoscope disc depicting white circle designs on a black background. The white circles have three radial spokes. The disc is made of card and has a central hole 3mm in diameter, and 12 notches 20 mm deep cut into the edges. No other markings.
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.