File:Optical Toy, Phenakistiscope Disc with Dancing Man, ca. 1835 (CH 18607977).jpg

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Optical Illusion disc of a dancing man

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English: Optical Toy, Phenakistiscope Disc with Dancing Man, ca. 1835   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
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Title
English: Optical Toy, Phenakistiscope Disc with Dancing Man, ca. 1835
Description
English: Paper disc with a hole in the center, 8 rectangular perforations evenly spaced along perimeter for viewing. In the outermost ring, several still images show a dancing man in oriental costume in various stages of a low squat. In the innermost ring, a sun with a face orbits around a planet, showing the stages of day and night. Closest to the central perforation is a ring of blue stars at various angles.
Date circa 1835
date QS:P571,+1835-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium hand-colored lithograph on paperboard
Dimensions H x diam.: 25 × 25 cm (9 13/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1948-124-1
Credit line Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane
Notes
  • Type: optical toy
  • Inscribed: Printed in black text, at outer perimeter: Prof. Stampfer’s Stroboscopische Scheibe. / XX / Vertag von Trentsensky & Vieneg in Wien u. Leipzig.
Source/Photographer Catalog Photo
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