Charles-Émile Reynaud’s Théâtre Optique Facsimile

France, 1892

Courtesy Chronicle / Alamy

Object On display

A performance of Pauvre Pierrot drawn by Louis Poyet
Published in La Nature, No. 999
France, 1892
Courtesy Chronicle / Alamy

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Collection

In ACMI's collection

On display until

16 February 2031

ACMI: Gallery 1

Credits

artist

Louis Povet

Production places
France
Production dates
1892

Appears in

Group of items

Théâtre Optique

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

FC180128

Curatorial section

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

Measurements

171 x 244mm

Object Types

2D Object

Exhibition Prop

Facsimile

Print/engraving/Pictorial

Materials

digital print

Collected

1 times

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