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Description: | Reynaud's Praxinoscope Theatre, c.1879. Emile Reynauld, Paris. Box opening and errecting to carry mirror drum with twelve facets; black background picture bands fit around circumference. Image viewed through hole in upright lid, seen through glass plate in which is reflected interchangeable background and foreground scene; the galss set in theatre style proscenium. Instructions pasted on lower proscenium panel. Candle holder and shade missing. With four bands; girl blowing bubbles; leapfrog; girl skipping; boy foot-juggling. Background/foreground cards; circus; country house; background only; snow scene. Three advertising cards for - Praxinoscope, Projection Praxinoscope, Praxinoscope Theatre. Reproduction candle shade, made by Science Museum from original in BFI, in 1956. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | praxinoscope | Temporal: | 1879 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Reynaud, Charles-Emile (1844-1918) | Identifier: | http://collectionsonline.nmsi.ac.uk/grab... | Go to resource |
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