- Subject
- Pre-cinema & optical toys
- Item type
- Object
- Provenance
- Purchased from Dr. Reginald S. Clay.
- Primary inscriptions
- Label around central spindle: “Wheel of Life” “London...”
- Other inscriptions
- Titles on each individual strip: “1. The black turnover” “2. The gymnast” “3. The wild Irishman” “4. A large feeder” "5. I chews” “6. Baseball” “7. The little umbrella man” “11. Fish & fowl” “12. Nobody’s little game” “13. The cure” “14. Leap frog” “15. Steeple chase” “Entered at Stationers’ Hall” “17. Who’s that knockin’ at the door?” “Entered at Stationers’ Hall” “18. Headwork” “Entered at Stationers’ Hall”
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 302mm Height: 350mm
- Inventory No
- 80585
- Accession Number
- 1944-1/part
Description
A zoetrope consisting of a hollow metallic cylinder with 13 equally-spaced slits located on the upper edge. The cylinder revolves on a mahogany pivot. Inside the cylinder is placed a strip of paper featuring a sequence of 13 pictures. Rotating the cylinder and observing the images through the slits reveals an animated sequence.
