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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
Simon Stampfer
Author
Unknown authorUnknown author
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.
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