Zoetrope strip
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1833 - circa 1900
Materials
Paper
Measurements
Each strip - 918 mm (length); 88 mm (height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 668582
Summary
Twenty four 19th century Zoetrope strips (only 3 on display). The basic drum-like form of the zoetrope was created in 1833 or 1834 by British mathematician William George Horner, who was aware of the recently invented and closely related Phenakistoscope disc. Each with a different title and subject area. Each strip has the inscription 'Entered At Stationers Hall' at the end, opposite the number and title, applicable to the strip. All the strip pictures are in two colours, either red and black or green and black. The titles and numbers are as follows: '14 Leaping, 2 Sairy Defend Her Pattens, 9 There's Life In The Old Donk Yet!, 10 Pappy At Donny Brook, 11 Fish & Fowl, 13 The Cure, 16 Such A Getting Upstairs, 17 Who's That Knockin At The Door, 18 Headwork, 21 Jack In A Box, 22 , 23 The Coffee Grinder, 24 THe Red Legged Ogre And His Dancing Poodle, 25 Tuck In Your Twopenny, 26, 27 Catchee, Catchee, Catchee, 29 More Strings Than Honey - For Bear, 30 Engine And Feline, 33 The Wheel Of Fire, 35 The Modern Man In The Moon, 36 Don't You Wish You May Get It?, A Wee Known Domestic Tragedy, The Juggler, and You're Getting Very Bold Sir'. The frog strip is torn in half. Total number of items is 24.