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Flip Book, by Leon Beaulieu, Paris, End 19th Century

Inventory Number 31625

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.31625

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by E. Heron Allen F.R.S
Primary inscriptions
“Leon Beaulieu Fabricant - 37, Rue du Vert-Bois Paris'' On the back “Leon Beaulieu Fabricant - 46, Rue Volta 46 - Modèle Déposé”
Physical material
Card
Paper
Dimensions
Height: 65mm Width: 43mm Depth: 38mm Weight: 28g
Inventory No
31625

Description

A flip book containing 86 small photographs. These images are animated by holding the book with one hand and rapidly flipping through its pages with the thumb of the other hand. The sequence shows a woman changing her clothes in her bedroom, helped by her maid, before a man comes to visit her.

Leon Beaulieu was one of the most famous makers of "folioscopes" in France between the end of 19th century and the beginning of 20th century. In 1898, he patented a viewer for the "folioscope" and named it "Petit Biograph Parisien".

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