[Man hitting ball with racket]
Pre-cinema
Alphonse Giroux
French, ca. 1775–1848
[Man hitting ball with racket]
Phenakistoscope disk
ca. 1838
Lithograph with applied color
Diameter: 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1991.0288.0001
Inscriptions Printed in black ink, recto, TL: 1
Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) on verso, C: Autre disque à 11 images \ de Phenakistiscope de Plateau
Stamped in black ink, verso, TL: à Paris, chez ALPH. GIROUX et Cie. \ Brevetés
Inscribed in pencil, verso, TR: XI
Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) on verso, C: Autre disque à 11 images \ de Phenakistiscope de Plateau
Stamped in black ink, verso, TL: à Paris, chez ALPH. GIROUX et Cie. \ Brevetés
Inscribed in pencil, verso, TR: XI
