Collections - Cinematography


Javanese Shadow Puppet
1900-1950
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Devised by John Ayrton Paris (1785-1856), a British physician
Thaumatrope, an optical toy
1826
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Devised by Joseph Plateau (1801-1883), a Belgian physicist.
Phenakistoscope, an optical toy
1832
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Printed by Forrester and Nicholl, London
Phenakistoscope disc
1830s
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Jules Chéret
Poster for Emile Reynaud’s Théâtre Optique at the Musée Grévin, Paris
1892
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Invented by Emile Reynaud (1844-1918), a French artist
Praxinoscope, an optical toy
1877
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Painted by an unknown artist and shown at the Royal Polytechnic Institution, London,
Large format magic lantern slide depicting a scene from 'The Adventures of Baron Münchhausen'
c. 1860
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Painted by an unknown artist and shown at the Royal Polytechnic Institution, London,
Large format magic lantern slide depicting a scene from the German fairy tale 'The Heart of Stone'
c. 1860
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Hand-coloured Magic Lantern slipping slide
19th Century
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Andrew Pritchard, London
Hand-painted long slide depicting a chase
19th Century
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Geared magic lantern Chromatrope slide
19th Century
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W C Hughes, London
Magic Lantern
19th Century
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Riley Brothers, Bradford, Yorkshire
The Monarch Ethopticon Bi-unial Magic Lantern
1880s
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Hand-held Magic Lantern
1700-1850
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Etienne Jules Marey
Chronophotographe double-use camera
1890
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William Friese Greene
Self portrait of William Friese Greene with his daughter, Ethel,
c.1880
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William Friese Greene
Two-colour experimental photograph of Friese Greene posting a letter
c.1901
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William Friese Greene
Analysis of motion experiment
c.1886
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Etienne Jules Marey
Chronophotographe double-use camera
1890
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Etienne Jules Marey
Chronophotographe fixed-plate camera
1883
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