Praxinoscope
Pre-cinema
Charles- Émile Reynaud
French, ca. 1870s–1890s
Charles- Émile Reynaud
French, ca. 1870s–1890s
Praxinoscope
1889
Metal, mirror glass, paper and wood
Overall: 6 7/8 × 8 3/4 × 8 3/4 in. (17.5 × 22.3 × 22.3 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
DescriptionBrass, cylindrical, rotating drum with 12 mirrors for strip of images placed around the inner surface of the spinning cylinder. In the Praxinoscope, the animated images are viewed on the inner circle of twelve mirrors.
Inscriptions Printed in black ink, scalloped-oval label applied to bottom of base: COLLECTION G.CROMER 279 [number inscribed in black ink, Cromer's hand, centered on label] /
Inscribed in pencil, bottom of base: #9 / Printed in ink, cardboard label, top of centre cylinder: LE PRAXINOSCOPE MÉD. DE BRONZE EXPon. UNIVelle 1889 - MÉDAILLE D'ARGENT EXPon. 1879. PARIS ER PARIS [basic instructions in French]
Inscribed in pencil, bottom of base: #9 / Printed in ink, cardboard label, top of centre cylinder: LE PRAXINOSCOPE MÉD. DE BRONZE EXPon. UNIVelle 1889 - MÉDAILLE D'ARGENT EXPon. 1879. PARIS ER PARIS [basic instructions in French]
