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(P. 133.)
Artist
- Name:
- Gilbert, C.
- Dates:
- 18??-18??
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Science & technology
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- Pérot, E.
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
- Source:
- The Getty Research Institute, The Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Les récréations scientifiques
- Author(s):
- Tissandier, Gaston
- Publisher:
- Paris: G. Masson, n.d. [1884]
Description
A girl with a hat and a man are seen opposite each other at a table on which a praxinoscope theater has been placed. This device was invented in 1879 by Charles-Émile Reynaud and consisted of a wooden case with a rectangular viewing hole and a mirror drum allowing the animation of sequences of twelve frames.
The caption reads in the original French: Le nouveau praxinoscope-théâtre de M. Reynaux [sic].
Caption taken from the English edition titled Popular scientific recreations in natural philosophy, astronomy, geology, chemistry. London: Ward, Lock, and Co., n.d. [ca. 1882].
Keywords: 1880s, 19th century, black & white, child, children's book, watching
