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Fantascope disc, 1833. Artist: Thomas Mann Baynes

Fantascope disc, 1833. The Fantascope or Phenakistoscope was an optical toy depending on persistence of vision for its effect. This disc shows multiple images of a man and woman dancing a polka. When the picture is spun on a spindle and turned on its side in front of a looking glass (mirror) the image gives the impression that the couple are moving. From Fantascope published by Ackermann and Co. (London, 1833).

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Title: Fantascope disc, 1833. Artist: Thomas Mann Baynes

Caption: Fantascope disc, 1833. The Fantascope or Phenakistoscope was an optical toy depending on persistence of vision for its effect. This disc shows multiple images of a man and woman dancing a polka. When the picture is spun on a spindle and turned on its side in front of a looking glass (mirror) the image gives the impression that the couple are moving. From Fantascope published by Ackermann and Co. (London, 1833).

Credit: Album / Oxford Science Archive / Heritage Images

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Image size: 3307 × 3189 px | 30.2 MB

Print size: 28.0 × 27.0 cm | 1302.0 × 1255.5 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: 19TH CENTURY • ACKERMANN • AMUSEMENT • AQUATINT • BAYNES • CENTURY • CINEMATOGRAPHY • COLOR • COLOUR • CONCEPT • DANCE • DANCER • DANCING • DIVERSION • DIVERTISSEMENT • ENTERTAINMENT • ENTERTAINMENTS • FANTASCOPE DISC • FANTASCOPE • FLUSH • INNOVATION • INNOVATIONS • JOSEPH FERDINAND PLATEAU • JOSEPH FERDINAND • MOTION PICTURE • MOTION • MOVEMENT • NINETEENTH CENTURY • OPTICAL TOY • PHENAKISTOSCOPE • PLATEAU • POLKA • RUDOLPH ACKERMANN • RUDOLPH • TECHNOLOGY • THOMAS MANN BAYNES • THOMAS MANN • TM BAYNES