Phenakistiscope disc (Figure using pulley system)

France, c. 1850

Object On display
Photograph by Egmont Contreras, ACMI

Collection

Not in ACMI's collection

Previously on display

6 June 2023

ACMI: Gallery 1

Credits

creator

Alph. Giroux & Cie

Production places
France
Production dates
c. 1850

Appears in

Group of items

Phenakistiscope discs

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

AEO185554

Curatorial section

The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Pictures → MI-02. Play and Illusion → MI-02-C02

Measurements

Diameter: 16.8cm

Object Types

2D Object

Optical Toy

Materials

watercolour engraving

Collected

2 times

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