| Title: | Nekes Collection of Optical Devices, Prints, and Games |
| Dates: | 1700-1996 (bulk 1740-1920) |
| Number: | 93.R.118 |
| Creator/Collector: | Nekes, Werner, 1944- |
| Extent: | 45 Linear Feet (75 boxes, 1 flat file folder) |
| Abstract: | German filmmaker. The collection charts the nature of visual perception in modern European culture at a time when pre-cinema objects evolved from instruments of natural magic to devices for entertainment. Most of the items date from the mid-18th century to the early 20th century. |
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| Language: | Collection material is in French, German and English. |
| Repository: | The Getty Research Institute Special Collections 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100 Los Angeles 90049-1688 reference@getty.edu URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref (310) 440-7390 |
| Author: | Isotta Poggi. |
Already a collector in his early childhood, Werner Nekes turned his interest to film and cinema history when he reached his twenties. While he was a student of linguistic philology and psychology in Freiburg and Bonn in the mid-1960s he worked on his first film. Between 1969 and 1972 he taught at the Academy of Visual Arts in Hamburg.
While doing research for an article on thaumatropes, he began to collect devices, prints, and books related to pre-cinema technologies and entertainment. Ten years later, when he finally found an original set of thaumatropes in Cologne, he had assembled a broad range of material concerning anamorphosis, panoramas, camera obscuras, peepshows, metamorphosis, shadowgraphy, and optical illusions along with a supporting library.
In the early 1980s he taught first as visiting professor at Wuppertal and later at the Academy of Art and Design in Offenbach. Some years later he worked as a consultant for the pre-cinema galleries of the Deutsches Film Museum in Frankfurt and co-founded the North Rhine-Westfalia film office, as well as the International Center for New Cinema in Riga.
In this period he also designed and installed a room-sized walk-through camera obscura in a former Wasserturm, which had been turned into a museum in Mülheim a. d. Ruhr. In 1992, in the same museum, he exhibited his pre-cinema collection in the exhibition Von der Camera Obscura zum Film. In 1993 he organized the exhibition Schattenprojektionen and directed the Internationales Schatten-theaterfestival in Oberhausen.
Since 1965 Nekes has directed more than 70 films (see his filmography in Appendix 1) including a series of documentaries that demonstrate how early optical devices, prints, and other objects contributed to the development of popular entertainment as well as to the evolution of cinema technologies. In these documentaries (available in the Getty Research Library on videotape) he used the material from his own collection, a portion of which was acquired by the Getty Research Institute in 1993.
The Nekes collection of optical devices, prints, and games charts the nature of visual perception in modern West European culture and the rise of popular artifacts which used movement and tricks of visual perception to amuse and astonish. The items date from circa 1700 to the early 20th century, with the bulk dating from the mid-18th century to the early 20th century. The collection contains rare items such as a French camera obscura, circa 1750, as well as popular images, such as 19th-century magic lantern slides, paper silhouettes and greeting cards with moving parts. Other items include an 18th-century peepshow, peepshow prints, over 100 megalographs, a camera lucida, a Lorrain mirror, a zograscope, anamorphosis watercolors accompanied by a cone viewer, and circa 20 collapsible Engelbrecht perspective theatres.
Arranged in three series:
Series I. Prints, circa 1700-1996;
Series II. Cards and small printed items, circa 1750-1980;
Series III.
Artifacts, 1700- circa 1980
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Nekes collection of optical devices, prints, and games, 1700-1996, bulk 1740-1920, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Accession no. 93.R.118
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This collection, acquired in 1993, is a portion of the larger collection of optical devices, prints and games assembled by the German experimental filmmaker Werner Nekes.
The collection was initially rehoused by Hillary Brown. In 1995-1997 it was processed and cataloged by Isotta Poggi. The collection was re-boxed by Alan Tomlinson in April 1999. The finding aid was edited by Jocelyn Gibbs in 1998-99. A large portion of the collection was included in the exhibition Devices of Wonder: From the World in a Box to Images on a Screen, 2000 at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
| Series I. Prints, circa 1700-1996 | |||||||||||
| Series comprises a variety of illustrations, most of which illustrate optical phenomena and the use of optical devices and toys. A few are toys designed to be manipulated so as to produce visual effects involving movement or transformation. Series is arranged in 2 subseries. | |||||||||||
| Series IA. Prints depicting optical devices and optical phenomena, 1700-1996 | |||||||||||
| Anamorphosis is represented in two documentary images that illustrate how to design anamorphic projections. A print by Hogarth depicts the result of misinterpreting the rules of perspective; several prints show an early 20th-century fictional vision of scientific progress and inventions in the year 2000 (from the series En l'an 2000). One print shows the manufacture of glass, and others show various optical devices (such as the zograscope, the camera lucida, and the magic lantern) and electricity. Twelve printed items show the use of the magic lantern. In one example the magic lantern is used as a slide projector in strategic military planning. Another (oversize) print, by J.E. Shénan, illustrates the atmosphere of a magic lantern entertainment show in the late 18th century (La laterne magique). One print shows dendrites and mineral abstract compositions (see also Series III for a florentine stone whose patterns resemble a Tuscan city skyline). Other oversize prints include two prints after paintings by L. Boilly, L'Amour couronnée and L'Optique, (the latter depicts the zograscope used for entertainment at home) and three posters advertise Werner Nekes'exhibition, Schatten Projektionen (held in Germany in Spring 1993), and his film series, Was geschah wirklich zwischen den Bilder? in which Nekes shows artifacts from his collection, many of which are now in the Getty collection. | |||||||||||
| Southwark Fair (after Hogarth) and four other prints illustrate various types of peepshow boxes and depict itinerant showmen carrying peepshows on their backs. The optical phenomenon known as persistence of vision is represented in a technical print which depicts a praxinoscope, and in a small advertising image for a zoetrope. A Lavater engraving shows how profiles may be traced by means of projected shadows. A manual contains instructions on how to cast shadows on a wall. | |||||||||||
| Also included are prints with moveable or foldable parts (such as the cutout forms from the Imagerie d'Épinal, designed to turn in the wind, and a satirical image depicting a couple whose heads revolve). Other printed items for children are meant to be cutup and reassembled. | |||||||||||
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| 1* | 1 | [Engraving about anamorphosis after J. Holbein painting], circa 1850 | |||||||||
| Paris; chez Chereau et Joubert, rue des Mathurins aux deux Pilliers d'Or; J. A. Piérron Sculp. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 1 | [2 prints about anamorphosis], 1753 | |||||||||
| From Alexandre Savérien, Dictionnaire Universal de Mathematique et de Physique. Paris. Tome I, plate XXXV and plate XXXVII. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 2 | Le Verre, 1850s-1870s | |||||||||
| Paris; Typographie E. Meyer, 22 rue de Verneuil; From: Delbrück, Jules. Les récréations instructives. Paris: G. Borrani. circa 1860-62. Vol. I. Illustrates glass manufacturing and a magic lantern and a peepshow; Colored engraving; 30x39cm. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 2 | Das Ballongespenst, 1889? | |||||||||
| Germany; Gebrüder Kröner; Original-zeichnung von C.G.Robech. Date handwritten on verso. Wood engraving depicting reflection; 32x24cm. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 3 | [Color wood engraving with 12 scenes], 1800s | |||||||||
| Printed in The Netherlands. One of the scenes depicts the zograscope; 30x37cm. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 3 | [Camera lucida], 1800s | |||||||||
| Printed image from a German magazine. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 4 | Catoptrics: plate CXXVIII, circa 1800 | |||||||||
| A Bell Prin. Wal. sculptor fecit. Engraving; 26.5x20cm. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 4 | El progreso científico; El Fotófono : Aparatos Para "oir la luz" y "ver el sonido, 1890 | |||||||||
| Spain. Engraving from unidentifed printed source; 15x24cm. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 5 | Whoever makes a design without the knowledge of perspective will be liable to such obscurities as are shown in the print, 1700s | |||||||||
| England, W. Hogarth, J. Moore Sculp. Engraving; 14.5x12 cm. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 5 | L' Electricité, undated | |||||||||
| Paris. Showing uses of electricity. Colored wood engraving; 26x37.5cm. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 6-9 | En l'an 2000, circa 1900 | |||||||||
| 8 color lithograph sheets with 82 cards whose images envision life in the year 2000 (including one with caption, Correspondance Cinéma-Phono-Télégraphique); 10.5 x 12.5 cm. and smaller. 2 prints per folder. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 10 | Mr. & Mrs. Caudle during the various curtain lectures, 1800s | |||||||||
| London, published by William Spooner, 377 Strand; Kohler & L'Enfant lith. Printers. Two prints with moving parts, with revolving heads. Color lithograph; 32x25 cm. Fragile. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 10 | Carriage at pleasure, 1860 | |||||||||
| France. With fold-up window. Colored engraving; 23x28 cm. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 11 | Naturspiele: Dendriten and Florentiner Ruinen-Marmor, 1700s | |||||||||
| Germany, J.H. Schnuzer. Color engraving with three figures showing dendrites and the Florentine stone; with related text (Miscellanea, Vol IX, No. 28) in German, French, Latin, and Hungarian (?); 25x20cm. | |||||||||||
| See also Box 30 for a Florentine / Tuscany stone. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 11 | Constructions Petit, 1870s? | |||||||||
| Imagerie de P. Didion, à Metz, Delhalt Successeur; Déposé à Metz et à Nancy. Format Transformations no. 71. Transformation pictures for children on one sheet meant to be cut up in order to form new pictures. Color wood engraving; 38x26cm. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 12 | [Cut-out shapes for children] undated | |||||||||
| French; Imagerie d'Épinal; Pellerin & Cie. To create mechanical forms animated by wind. 3 color wood engravings. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 12 | Moulin à vent 2 sheets, No 1001, 1024. | |||||||||
| 1* | 12 | Scierie No. 1006. | |||||||||
| 1* | 12 | La Maison du Forgeron No. 1002. 29.5 x 40 cm. | |||||||||
| 1* | 13 | Decoraciones de Teatro, 1840 3 items | |||||||||
| Barcelona; Lit. de hijos de Paluzíe. Color wood engravings; 37x46 cm. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 13 | Decoraciones de teatro de casa rustica #1007 | |||||||||
| 1* | 13 | Decoraciones de teatro: Bastidores #1020 | |||||||||
| 1* | 13 | Decoraciones de teatro de sala #1020 | |||||||||
| 1* | 14 | Galerie Militaire Française Rébus Images, circa 1800 | |||||||||
| Lyon; chez Giraud freres et Gayet; rue Bonneveau. Engraving with 36 scenes. No 16. 28.5x38.5cm. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 15 | [Robertson Lantern], 1840 | |||||||||
| France. Printed image from unidentifed French journal. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 15 | 3 color greeting cards that depict magic lanterns, circa 1900 | |||||||||
| France. La lanterne magique; Amitié sincère; [Children watching a magic lantern show]. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 15 | [Magic lantern show and turning pictures], 1900s | |||||||||
| Cop. by C. Delattre No. 9; Lilla Nygatan; 9 Stock-holm, Sweden No. 4028. Color greeting card / postcard; 15.5x10.5cm. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 16 | Geistererscheinung auf der Bühne, 1864 | |||||||||
| Phantasmagoria. Wood engraving, torn from unidentified German publication. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 16 | Reproduction photographischer Depeschen durch die Laterna magica während der Belagerung von Paris, 1877 | |||||||||
| Germany; from: Das Buch der Erfind., 7 Aufl., II Bd., p.32. On the use of the magic lantern for educational / military / strategic purposes; 16.5x24.5cm. Cut from publication. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 17 | La Lanterne Magique : Diogène faisant voir la lanterne magique à Alexandre, circa 1850 | |||||||||
| No. 1; Chez Aubert & Cie. Pl. de la Bourse; Imp. d'Aubert & Cie. 23x30.5cm. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 18 | Laterna magica : zauberbilder, circa 1900 | |||||||||
| Germany, Munich; Mün-chener Bilderbogen; Hof. und Universitätis Buch-druckerei von Dr. C. Wolf & Sohn in München; Herausgegeben und verlagt von Braun & Schneider. No. 128 and No. 129; 2 sheets, 4 pictures each; 44.5x35.5cm. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 18 | La lanterne magique, 1800s | |||||||||
| France; N.o 60; Ces dessins ornent les enveloppes co-miques qu'on trouve chez M. M. Aubert; pictures signed T. Maurisset. 1 sheet, 3 pictures, with captions: La lanterne magique d'Aubert; Le premier jour de l'année; Les indiscrétions. 8x14cm. For framed prints depicting the magic lantern, see also Boxes 71*-72**. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 19 | La foire = Der Jaarmarkt, 1700s | |||||||||
| The Netherlands. No 11; Shows the trades at the fair, including the peepshow Captions in French and Dutch. Hand-colored; 34x36cm. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 20 | [Trades and occupations including man with a portable peepshow], 1800s | |||||||||
| Germany; Nurnberg; bei Fr. Campe. Color engraving; 27x44cm. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 20 | [Chinese peep box], 1800s | |||||||||
| Color engraving. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 21 | Southwark Fair, 1796 | |||||||||
| England; engraved by J. Phillibronn. from original by William Hogarth; Jones & Co. Temple of the Muses, Finsbury Square. Published also in Il mondo nuovo as work by T. Cook (c.1744-1818). Etching; 12.5x16.5cm. on mount 20x23.3cm. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 21 | Oh raree shoe = Rare chose a voir = Chi vuol veder meraviglie, circa 1950 | |||||||||
| England; Mauron delin.; P. Tempest exc. No. 22. Color engraving. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 22 | Le Praxinoscope, jouet d'optique, 1879 | |||||||||
| Framed print; 14x9.5cm. Cut from a French magazine. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 22 | Kaléidoscope [i.e. Zoetrope], 1880s-1890s | |||||||||
| France; Cambrai. Advertisement for la Chicorée Nouvelle, by Casiez-Bourgeois; Titled mistakenly: Kaléidoscope. 10.2x6cm. Shows children playing with a zoetrope. Lithograph. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 23 | Image Contre-Révolutionnaire: Silhouette de Louis XVI au menton du sans - culotte, 1790s | |||||||||
| France. Etching; 20.5x13.5cm. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 24 | Art of Shadowgraphy : how it is done, 192? | |||||||||
| London; By Trewey; Print. Publi.d by Jordison & Co., Ltd., 40 Gerrard St., Shaftesbury Ave., W. and at Middlesbrough. 16pp. booklet; 22cm. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 24 | Chocolat de Beukelaer, undated 15 card(s) | |||||||||
| Advertising cards with silhouette figures, on black sheets of paper. From The Netherlands? | |||||||||||
| 1* | 25 | Method of taking profiles, undated | |||||||||
| Lavater Silhouettier-Stuhl. Engraving; 16.8x9.8cm. | |||||||||||
| 1* | 25 | Megalographie, 1870 | |||||||||
| France; Testu & Massin, Paris. 3 chromolithographs showing the use of megalographs. Advertisement cards "Au bon marche;" Aristide Boucicaut; 8x12cm. | |||||||||||
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| 71* | [Magic Lantern] undated | ||||||||||
| France; Pegard or Degard. Engraving, framed. | |||||||||||
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| 72** | La laterne magique, 1790 | ||||||||||
| J.E. Shénan pinx.; J. Ouvrier sculp; A Paris chez l'Auteur Place Maubert, chez Mr Bellot Md Bonnetier au Soleil d'or. "dediée a Son Altesse Sérénissime Monseigneur le Prince Palatin du Rhin Duc régnant des Deux Ponts." Engraving. | |||||||||||
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| 73** | L'optique, 1790s | ||||||||||
| French; [Peint par L.Boilly]; [(La Bassée 1761 - Paris 1845)]; [Gravé par F. Cazenave] [(Paris 1770-?)]; [A Paris chez l'Auteur, Rue Jacques N. 13 en face de la rue de la parcheminerie]; [Imprimé par Finot]. Engraving; 55.3 x 45.7 cm. | |||||||||||
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| 74** | L'Amour couronn, undated | ||||||||||
| Peint par L. Boilly; Gravé par J. F. Cazenave. Engraving; 55 x 45 cm. in frame 79 x 64.5 cm. | |||||||||||
| oversize | |||||||||||
| 1** | Posters advertising an exhibition and a film by Werner Nekes, 1993-1996 3 items | ||||||||||
| 1** | Schatten Projektionen : Ausstellung vom 3. April bis 18. Mai 1993 | ||||||||||
| 1** | Was geschah wirklich zwischen den Bilder? 2 copies | ||||||||||
| Series IB. Vues d'optique and translucent prints, circa 1700-1976 | |||||||||||
| A large group of translucent illustrations, meant to be viewed with backlighting, includes 35 German and French vues d'optique (pricked and non-pricked prints), several French pin-pricked prints, and English polyorama images. See also Series III for translucent objects, such as the lithophane depicting Napoleon III, the porcelain lamp shade, and a moonlight scene printed on gauze cloth. | |||||||||||
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| 2* | Non-pricked vues d'optique, circa 1700-1976 | ||||||||||
| 2* | 1 | Vue de la Porte et Place Bourgogne sur le Port de la Ville de Bordeaux, undated | |||||||||
| Paris; chez J. Chereau, rue S.t Jacques. No.114; mounted on wood; color engraving. | |||||||||||
| 2* | 1 | [Cityscape] undated | |||||||||
| Representing a walled city by a river; On verso: hard to read handwritten captions. Colored engraving; 17.5x26.3 cm. | |||||||||||
| 2* | 2 | Thuscana Visus, undated | |||||||||
| Iustus Sadeler excudit. 1 print, part of series on 5 senses. 24.5x36.5cm. Cfr. Il Mondo Nuovo, p.239, Catalogo Remon-dini series on 5 senses; cfr. also catalog Probst, ibid. p.72. | |||||||||||
| 2* | 2 | Prospectus Interior Ecclesiae S.ti Pauli in Roma = L'interieur de S.t Paul de Rome, between 1740-1775 | |||||||||
| Paris; chez Daumont, rue St. Martin; Anne Fonbonne Sculp. 7.e Vue d'optique representant; on paper, not stiffened; 33x47.5cm. The caption's format compares with the Vauxhall gardens vue d'optique Box 3, f. 3. See also pricked vue d'optique of St. Paul's in Rome church interior Box 3, f. 7. | |||||||||||
| 2* | 3 | [Neoclassic fountain in foreground with palace in background] 1700s | |||||||||
| Blackened on frame, no caption visible; 26.5x36.5cm. | |||||||||||
| 2* | 3 | L'Eglise de St. Pierre a Rome, undated | |||||||||
| Representing an entrance. Title handwritten on verso. 26x41.5cm. | |||||||||||
| 2* | 4 | Vue de l'hospital des enfants trouvés a Londres. The Foundling Hospital of London, Act of Parl't 1 May 1756 | |||||||||
| Paris; chez Basset, rue S. Jacques a S.e Genevieve. 30x43cm. | |||||||||||
| 2* | 4 | Netley Abbey, undated | |||||||||
| London; Reeves & sons Cheapside & W. Morgan 64 Hutton. G. W.'s Dioramic views: No.[3], number in pencil; l9.5x15 cm. | |||||||||||
| 2* | 5 | Mont Blanc, 1838 October 12 | |||||||||
| London; published by Wm. Morgan, 25 Bart-letts Buildings, Holborn. No 16; Morgan's Improved Protean Scenery; 17x25cm. | |||||||||||
| 2* | 5 | [Crystal palace] 1851 May | |||||||||
| England; London; publ. by William Spooner, 379 Strand.; G. F. Bragg del. | |||||||||||
| Verso: Spooner's Protean View of the Great Exhibition of All Nations: Changing the Exterior to the Interior View of the Building, London. Recto: The Crystal palace, As Seen From Kensington Gardens, London. 23x28.5cm. | |||||||||||
| See Box 21 for more images by William Spooner. | |||||||||||
| 2* | 6 | Thames Tunnel, London, circa 1850 | |||||||||
| England; London; publ. by William Spooner; 379 Strand. 15.5x24cm. | |||||||||||
| 2* | 6 | [Volcano] undated | |||||||||
| Denmark; Alfred Jacobsen. No. 2; backlit translucent print; 31x37cm. | |||||||||||
| 2* | 7 | [Alchemist laboratory] 1976 | |||||||||
| Denmark; Alfred Jacobsen. F456. Backlit translucent print; 27x39cm. | |||||||||||
| 2* | 7 | [Enchanted garden] 1976 | |||||||||
| Denmark; Alfred Jacobsen. F440. Backlit translucent print; 27x39cm. | |||||||||||
| 2* | 8 | [Castle interiors] 1799 Feb 16 | |||||||||
| London; Publ.d at R. Ackermann; 101 Strand; Mannskirsch del. & sculp. | |||||||||||
| Two lithographs with colored paper backing; b&w; print size: No.17: 47x34.5cm.; No.18: 47x34.5cm. | |||||||||||
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| 3 | Pricked vues d'optique, 1740-1810 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | Nan-hsiung, circa 1750-1810 | |||||||||
| Augsbourg; Negoce co-mun de l'Academie Im-periale d'Empire des Arts libereaux; Gravé par Francois Xav. Haber-mann; Vue de Nanhung; Nanhung: Ist die 3te Haupt Granz und Zoll Stadt, in der chinesischen Provinz Quantung, wobei ein Wasser fliesset, welches so schwarz wie eine Dinte, u. worinen doch die geschmackhaffteste Fische sich befunden auch ist hier die beste schwarze Erde anzutreffen, worauss der berühmte chinesische Dusch oder schwarze Farbe versertiget wird. Also with equivalent text in French. Collection des prospects; 31x44cm. | |||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | Les pyramides de l'Egypte, circa 1750-1810 | |||||||||
| Pyramides Aegyptiae, miraculum mondi tertium = Les pyramides de l'Egypte, troisieme miracle du monde = I [sic] piramidi d'Egitto, il terzo miracolo del mondo = Die egyptischen Pyramiden, dritte Wunderwerck der Welt. Med. Fol.o Augsburg; Georg Baltha-sar Probst excud. A. V. No 43; 31x44cm. | |||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | Prospectus majoris deambulatorii horti Vauxhall ab Introitu = La vue de la Grande Allee du Jardin de Vauxhall prise de l'Entrée, 1740-1775 | |||||||||
| Paris chez rue [St. Martin]. 24e Vue d'optique representant... 31x45cm. | |||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | Palais du Rois de Pologne, undated | |||||||||
| A view of Bilnitz in Saxony one of the Palaces of the King of Poland = vue de Bilntz, en Saxe, un des palais du roi de Pologne. Etching; 28.5x43.5cm. | |||||||||||
| 3 | 5 | Pyrotechnicae repraesentationis splendidissimae typus = Réprésentation d'un superbe feu d'artifice, circa 1766-1790 | |||||||||
| [Augsburg; G. Balthasar Probst] Cf. Il Mondo Nuovo, p.72. Med. Fol.o N.o 53. Fireworks in honor of Joseph II. Engraving; 31x44.5cm. | |||||||||||
| 3 | 6 | [Prospectus magni mercatus versus Ecclesie B.B.M./ad Monachium. = Vue du grand Marchè vers l'Eglise de Notre Dame a Mume] undated | |||||||||
| [Bassano; Remondini]? Caption / title taken from Il Mondo Nuovo, p.228, Catalogo Remondini. 30x45cm. | |||||||||||
| 3 | 7 | St. Paul de Rome. The inside of S Pauls Church in Rome = Vue interieur de l'Eglise de S Paul de Rome, 1740-1775 | |||||||||
| Paris; chez Daumont rue St. Martin. 28x44cm. See Box 2*, f.2 for a less fine copy of this vue d'optique. | |||||||||||
| 3 | 8 | Prospectus ecclesiae Sanctae Mariae Majoris, undated | |||||||||
| View of the church in Rome. After Piranesi. 29x44cm. | |||||||||||
| 3 | 9 | Theatre de Marcelluz a Rome: Vue du fameux Theatre de Marcelluz a Rome, undated | |||||||||
| Paris; chés Huquier fils, Graveur, rue St. Jacques. Etching; 28x44cm. | |||||||||||
| 3 | 10 | L'amphitheatre de Rome, circa 1750-1810 | |||||||||
| Amphitheatrum romanum, miraculum mundi sextum = L'amphitheatre de Rome, sixieme miracle du monde = L'amfiteatro di Roma, il sesto miracolo del mondo = Der grosse runde Schauplaz zu Rom, sechste Wunderwerk der Welt, Augsburg; Georg Bal-thasar Probst excud. AV. Med. Fol.o No 43; 31x44cm. Cf. Vedereviaggiare, p.72. | |||||||||||
| 3 | 11 | Vue de la place St. Charles de Turin, 1740-1775 | |||||||||
| Paris; chez Daumont rue St. Martin. Etching; 28x44cm. Vue Perspective de la place St. Charles de Turin et de la porte neuve dans l'eloignement; Cf. Vedereviaggiare, p.116. | |||||||||||
| 3 | 12 | Gezic[ht] [na de Ra]am Poort [te Am]sterdam = Vue de la Porte des Rame à Amsterdam, circa 1750-1810 | |||||||||
| Amsterdam; by P. Fouquet junior; 29.5x44.5cm. Found in Catalogus 115 prenten Amsterdam, p.19. | |||||||||||
| 3 | 13 | Gesigt het Buyten-Hof na het Hof te zien in 's Gravenhage = Vue du Buyten-Hof, vers la Cour a la Haye = Veduta del Buyten-Hof, verso la corte a Haia = Prospect des Buyten-Hof, gegen Hof anzusehen, zu Grafenhaag, undated | |||||||||
| 202; Etching; 30.5x43 cm. | |||||||||||
| 3 | 14 | Winter gezigt van t'Hage: van de zyde van het westland, 1757 | |||||||||
| Title handwritten on verso; date handwritten on piece. Iceskating scene. 30x44.5cm. | |||||||||||
| 3 | 15 | Gesigt van de inside van de Kirck te Gouda, circa. 1750-1810 | |||||||||
| Title handwritten on verso; 29.5x44.5cm. | |||||||||||
| 3 | 16 | Vue du Promontore du Bonne Esperance, circa 1750-1810 | |||||||||
| Gravé par I. Riedet? Prospect des Vorgeburges der Guten Hoffnung = Vue du promontoir de Bonne Esperance. Collection des prospects; 31x45cm. | |||||||||||
| In Il mondo nuovo F. Riedel is listed as one of the artists active at the Kaiserlich Franziskische Akademie. | |||||||||||
| 3 | 17 | Banque des Marchands à Stockholm, 1755-1790 | |||||||||
| [Augsburg; Academie imperiale d'Empire des arts liberaux...] Collection des Prospects.; 29x44cm. | |||||||||||
| 3 | 18 | Vue de Saalstadt. Lust Pallast zu Saalstadt des Königes von Schweden = Vue de Saalstadt Palais d'Été de S. M. le Roi de Suede, 1750-1810 | |||||||||
| Augsbourg ou Negoce comun de l'Academie Imperiale d'Empire des Arts liberiaux; Jaques [sic] Miller delin.; Gravé par Jean Benoit Winkler. Collection des Prospects; 30x43cm. | |||||||||||
| 3 | 19 | [Lightning and shipwreck] circa 1750-1810 | |||||||||
| 30x42cm. | |||||||||||
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| 4-5 | Pin-pricked images, 1750-1851 | ||||||||||
| Composed entirely from pin-pricks unless otherwise noted. | |||||||||||
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| 4 | [Flower bouquet] undated | ||||||||||
| Image à l'Aiguille. Produced in France. 36x23 cm.; on cream-colored paper. | |||||||||||
| 4 | [Bird] undated | ||||||||||
| Image à l'Aiguille. Produced in France. 14x22 cm.; on cream-colored paper. | |||||||||||
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| 5 | [Man standing with stick and pitcher] or 1750 1780 | ||||||||||
| Pin-prick and watercolor drawing; in wooden frame with glass; 30x24.3cm. | |||||||||||
| 5 | Urania's mirror or, a view of the heavens; pictures of the constellations, 1825 | ||||||||||
| London, Samuel Leigh, 18 Strand. Print on box lid: Sid[ne]y Hall. sculp[si]t. Cardboard box, wit23.5x17.5x3cm., contains 32 pricked etchings of the constellations on with white backing paper. | |||||||||||
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| 6-7 | Polyorama images, 1851 | ||||||||||
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| 6 | L'hiver et l'ete, 1851 | ||||||||||
| France; Lemaire. No. 69. 1 polyorama image, meant to be backlit, framed in wood for support but without viewing device; 26x33.5 cm. | |||||||||||
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| 7 | Polyorama images, 1851 18 images | ||||||||||
| France; Lemaire. 14.5x20cm.. Fragile: 1-11 in bad condition, some ripped. See Box 70** for viewer. | |||||||||||
| 7 | Le palais de Cristal Extérieur et Intérieur (Londres) | ||||||||||
| 7 | Place de la Concorde, Paris | ||||||||||
| 7 | Salle de l'Opera a Paris | ||||||||||
| 7 | L'hiver et l'eté | ||||||||||
| 7 | Charing Cross | ||||||||||
| 7 | Temple - Bar Londres | ||||||||||
| 7 | Le nouveau parlement (Londres) | ||||||||||
| 7 | Le beau temps et l'Orage | ||||||||||
| 7 | La tour de Londres | ||||||||||
| 7 | Versailles | ||||||||||
| 7 | La messe de minuit | ||||||||||
| 7 | La messe de minuit | ||||||||||
| 7 | S.t Bavon à Gand | ||||||||||
| 7 | Chemin de Fer | ||||||||||
| 7 | Londres et le tunnel | ||||||||||
| 7 | Palais Royal | ||||||||||
| 7 | Chapelle de Holy-rood (Edimbourg): Exterieur et intérieur | ||||||||||
| 7 | Champs Elysées à Paris | ||||||||||
| 7 | Palerme : environs de Palerme | ||||||||||
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| 8 | [Napoleon III] 1860s 15.5x12.5cm. | ||||||||||
| France. Lithophane picture. | |||||||||||
| See Box 63** for another example. | |||||||||||
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| 9 | [Moonlight] 1830 | ||||||||||
| France. Pencil drawing on paper and thin fabric; in oval paper mat, in glass and wood frame; 23.5x28.5cm. | |||||||||||
| Series II. Cards and small printed items, circa 1750-1980 | |||||||||||
| Series includes greeting cards, advertising cards, montage cards, and backlit postcards, along with silhouttes (aka megalographs) and printed items that use transparency for their effects. Series arranged in three subseries. | |||||||||||
| Series IIA. Cards, circa 1750-1950 | |||||||||||
| Subseries includes a group of greeting cards in the Biedermeier style, which were used in late 19th-century Germany and Austria to express thoughts of love and friendship. These cards "move" through pullout or foldout windows. Montage cards include games from France, Germany, and Spain (with several "metamorphosis instantaneas") as well as an early example of a Walt Disney metamorphosis toy. Seven original albums with hundreds of illustrated Liebig Extract advertising cards show a broad range of themes appealing to popular imagery. | |||||||||||
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| 10 | Biedermeier cards, between 1790-1820 | ||||||||||
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| 28 colored engravings and 2 original drawings, most with moveable parts, depicting mythological, historical, and genre scenes. Of 3 types: Fold-out cards, pull-out cards, and hand-made cards. Cards are numbered 1-28. | |||||||||||
| 10 | Fold-out cards: | ||||||||||
| 10 | [Arcadian mythological scene depicting three female figures and a lyre player, possibly Apollo] | ||||||||||
| 411. A fold-out window discloses a short Romantic poem. Engraving; 8.5x10cm. [1] | |||||||||||
| 10 | [Neoclassical scene with two women and Eros] | ||||||||||
| Cästrin Trowitz Sch.; 409. A fold-out window discloses a short romantic poem; Engraving; 8.5x10cm. [2] | |||||||||||
| 10 | Die Vorsicht erhöret | ||||||||||
| Cüstrin Trowitz Sch.; 403. Card for friendship showing a classical scene: man in devotional pose and female figure, possibly personification of Friendship; a fold-out window discloses a short poem; verso shows a personal dedication; 8x10 cm. [3] | |||||||||||
| 10 | [Garden feast and wine toss] | ||||||||||
| A fold-out window discloses a short poem to wine and to the joys of life. Engraving; 8x9.5 cm. [4] | |||||||||||
| 10 | [Scientist in his lab] | ||||||||||
| Hand-drawn picture; fold-out window shows children looking inside the lab; 9x11cm. [5] | |||||||||||
| 10 | Pull-out windows: | ||||||||||
| 10 | [Young lady with moveable flower bouquets] | ||||||||||
| Nürnberg; bei Riedel; 185. Engraving; 7x8.5cm. [1] | |||||||||||
| 10 | [Family greeting card] | ||||||||||
| Wien; bey G. Gruber. | |||||||||||
| With caption "Lohnt dich das Glück, bist du zufrieden / So sey noch vom Geschick" and fold-out window with caption "Familien Glück Dir beschieden"; a hand-written name, possibly Joh. Zü(mann, in verso; 7.5x9.5cm. [2] | |||||||||||
| 10 | Ich habe dich so lieb | ||||||||||
| Wien; bey H. F. Müller; No. 108. | |||||||||||
| Personal dedication in verso; 7x9cm. [3] | |||||||||||
| 10 | [Forget-me-not] | ||||||||||
| Wien; bey H. F. Müller; No. 137. Flower vases display a pull-out window with picture and caption; 7.5 x 9.5cm. [4] | |||||||||||
| 10 | [Guitar with pull-out song] | ||||||||||
| Wien; bey H. F. Müller; No. 254. Family greetings in verso; 7.5 x 10cm. [5] | |||||||||||
| 10 | [Putti and goddess figure] | ||||||||||
| Wien; bey H. F. Müller; No. 259. Love and friendship card depicting putti flying over a cloud which turns into a female figure sitting on a lion and surrounded by putti; 8x 9.5cm. [6] | |||||||||||
| 10 | [Old woman turning into young lady] | ||||||||||
| Wien; bey H. F. Müller; No. 399. | |||||||||||
| Friendship card; personal dedication in verso; 9 x 7.5cm. [7] | |||||||||||
| 10 | Alle haben masken vor dem Gesicht | ||||||||||
| Wien; bey H. F. Müller; No. 124. Friendship card with carnival masks and caption; 7.5 x 9.5cm. [8] | |||||||||||
| 10 | [Man playing the harp, with pull-out image of woman listening] | ||||||||||
| Wien; b[ey] Ignaz Eder; No. 24. 11.5x9.5cm. [9] | |||||||||||
| 10 | [Country scene of man carrying a basket and a cord on his back] | ||||||||||
| With pull-out image of woman popping out of the cord; 9x7.5cm. [10] | |||||||||||
| 10 | [Winged putto on a cloud sending good wishes] | ||||||||||
| Wien; Johann Neidl; No. 161. 9.5x7.2cm. [11] | |||||||||||
| 10 | Freude Glück und Wonne | ||||||||||
| Wien; Johann Neidl; No. 261. Friendship greeting card with pull-out window which shows little girl; 6.5x8.8cm. [12] | |||||||||||
| 10 | [Tower opening to a view of a young dancing lady] | ||||||||||
| Peepshow-type card; 11.5x8.5cm. [13] | |||||||||||
| 10 | [Male hairdresser with Eros' attributes: wings and cloth around his waist] | ||||||||||
| Wien; Joh. Schönberg; No. 79. 10.3x7.5cm. [14] | |||||||||||
| 10 | Aus Achtung Pflicht und Dankbarkeit | ||||||||||
| Wien; Anton Berka; No. 108. Thank you card; 107x8cm. [15] | |||||||||||
| 10 | Das Bild der frohen Zukunft giebt uns munser Kaiser Vater Franz | ||||||||||
| Wien; J. Adamek; 132. With pull-out window depicting allegories of religion, agriculture, sea and trading, science and the arts; 10.5x8.5cm. [16] | |||||||||||
| 10 | [Young man turning into old man] | ||||||||||
| Wien; bey A. Paterno. | |||||||||||
| Engraving; personal dedication in verso; 10.5x8.3cm. [17] | |||||||||||
| 10 | [Types by water mills] | ||||||||||
| Wien; bey J. Bermann; No. 295. 7.5x9.4cm. [18] | |||||||||||
| 10 | [Bouquet of flowers hiding an angel] | ||||||||||
| Augsburg; bey Antor Hauser; 62. Personal dedication in verso; 10.8x8cm. [19] | |||||||||||
| 10 | [Young woman lifting wreath of flowers] | ||||||||||
| München; bei J. Sidler; 74. Personal dedication on verso; 10.3x8cm. [20] | |||||||||||
| 10 | [Countryside scene turning into an interior one with man playing music] | ||||||||||
| Prague; J. Seidan; N.o 41. 9.5x12.3cm. [21] | |||||||||||
| 10 | Hand-made cards: | ||||||||||
| 10 | [Dutch example with personal dedications] 1796 | ||||||||||
| Netherlands. Hand-drawn water-color. | |||||||||||
| 10 | [Dutch example with personal dedications] 1800 | ||||||||||
| Netherlands. Hand-drawn water-color. | |||||||||||
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| 11 | 32 cards showing montage, undated | ||||||||||
| 11 | [Coffee-grinder] 3x9.5cm. [1] | ||||||||||
| 11 | [The black cat] | ||||||||||
| The Netherlands. Flirtation; 15x9cm. [2] | |||||||||||
| 11 | Good old days | ||||||||||
| Irenco Robert Bier AB; Bastugatan 43, 117 25 Stockholm; 08/69 10 12; Original 1909. Series Good Old Days # 271 [3] | |||||||||||
| 11 | [The glass of wine] | ||||||||||
| Flirtation; foldable postcard; 14x9cm. [4] | |||||||||||
| 11 | Bestrafte Neugier! | ||||||||||
| Foldable postcard; 14x9cm. [5] | |||||||||||
| 11 | [Romantic postcard] 9x14cm. [6] | ||||||||||
| 11 | Es hat Alles zwei Seiten! Diese ist die andere 9x14cm. [7] | ||||||||||
| 11 | St. Valentine's Hamper 15.5x10cm. [8] | ||||||||||
| 11 | The lover's seat, A spoon 'neath the moon | ||||||||||
| Part of the Milton Series; Woolstone Bros.; London E. C.; The Milton View Novelty; England. Postcard with souvenir views from Saltburn and handwritten letter. [9] | |||||||||||
| 11 | Schnell photographie | ||||||||||
| Magic photographie; 7.5x5cm. [10] | |||||||||||
| 11 | Guguss est mort, Guguss ressuscite | ||||||||||
| Paris; Au bon marché; Advertisement card; Rue du Bac, Rue de Sèvres, Rue de Babylone, Rue Velpeau; Imp. A. Mulcey. St. Etienne. | |||||||||||
| 12.5x8.5cm.; Story sequence on two sides of card. [11] | |||||||||||
| 11 | Le telephone bar | ||||||||||
| Paris; Au bon marché; Advertisement card; Rue du Bac, Rue de Sèvres, Rue de Babylone, Rue Velpeau; Imp. A. Mulcey. St. Etienne. | |||||||||||
| 12.5x8.5cm.; Story sequence on two sides of card. [12] | |||||||||||
| 11 | N'éveillez pas le chat qui dort | ||||||||||
| Paris; Au bon marché; Advertisement card; Rue du Bac, Rue de Sèvres, Rue de Babylone, Rue Velpeau; Imp. A. Mulcey. St. Etienne. 12.5x8.5cm. | |||||||||||
| Story sequence on two sides of card. [13] | |||||||||||
| 11 | Instantaneas Metamorphosis 11 items | ||||||||||
| No. 1-10 and one unnumbered. All 10.3x6.3cm. [14-24] | |||||||||||
| 11 | Walt Disney's book of puzzle discs, circa 1950? | ||||||||||
| A Welcom' product; by Williams, Ellis & Co.; Ltd. London, S.E.; copyright Walt Disney Production. No. 1 series. 4 discs of cutouts to draw 4 Walt Disney's characters; 19x21cm. [25] | |||||||||||
| 11 | [Clown] | ||||||||||
| Germany. Series 302. Game of metamorphosis in whcih the image changes by sliding part of the card up and down (not functioning). 14x9cm. [26] | |||||||||||
| 11 | [Woman admiring flower] | ||||||||||
| Germany. Series 303. Game of metamorphosis in which the image changes by sliding part of the card up and down (not functioning). 14x9cm. [27] | |||||||||||
| 11 | Hony soit qui mal y pense mais faites attention commen ça va | ||||||||||
| Postcard with sequenced story in pullout window; 9x14cm. [28] | |||||||||||
| 11 | La carte postale de 12,003 mots Pierre Raikoff 14x9cm. [29] | ||||||||||
| 11 | [Hunting scene in three sequences] | ||||||||||
| Signed A.B. Open: 10.5x22cm. [30] | |||||||||||
| 11 | [Adage about laurel on the hat] | ||||||||||
| With pull-out window and verses in rhyme in German; 14x9cm. [31] | |||||||||||
| 11 | [Mothers-in-law] | ||||||||||
| With pull-out window and verses in rhyme in German; 14x9cm. [32] | |||||||||||
| 11 | Funny Jungleland Moving-pictures, 1909 | ||||||||||
| W. K. Kellogg; Battle Creek, Mich.; Copyright 1909; Patented Jan. 15, 1907; Advertisement for Kellogg. Montage book; on the same principle as Metamorphosis instantaneas, cutouts over a three page foldout; 23x17cm. | |||||||||||
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| 12-18 | Liebig albums of advertising cards, 1800s 7 album(s) | ||||||||||
| Liebig Company Fleisch Ex-tract; Printed in Argentina, Uruguay, Germany, and Italy. Series 1-3 and 5-8] in original Liebig collecting albums; cards illustrate various topics: theater plays, cities and landscapes, scientists, musicians, races, character types, love themes; children's stories, exotic places, birds, battles, etc. | |||||||||||
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| 12 | Album für Liebig-Bilder 480 card(s) 5x32.5x24cm. | ||||||||||
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| 13 | Album für Liebig-Bilder 360 card(s) 60pp., 4x32x24cm. | ||||||||||
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| 14 | Album für Liebig-Bilder 720 card(s) 7.5x32x24cm. | ||||||||||
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| 15 | Liebig-Bilder Album 300 card(s) 50pp., 3.5x29x27.5cm. | ||||||||||
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| 16 | Liebig-Bilder circa 240pp., ca.1040 cards; 2x31.5x27.8cm. | ||||||||||
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| 17 | Album für Liebig-Bilder 528 card(s) 88pp.,4.5x34.5x31.8cm. | ||||||||||
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| 18 | Album für Liebig-Bilder 488 card(s) 78pp., 4.5x31x28.5cm. | ||||||||||
| Series IIB. Silhouettes, 1780-1980 | |||||||||||
| Subseries includes a set of over one hundred 18th-century paper silhouettes (i.e. megalographs), which depict popular and historical figures, trades, and characters (see Appendix 3 in the repository's Research Files for an item listing of the megalographs). There is one metal megalograph made by Nekes himself, circa 1980. Also in this subseries are cutouts and silhouette pictures made as advertisements for chocolate and cookies, and given away as collectibles. | |||||||||||
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| 19 | Megalographs, 1780-1814 | ||||||||||
| 132 megalographs that show historical, religious and mythical figures of the 18th-century culture, including political leaders, artists, trades and caricatures. Most are from The Netherlands, most artists are anonymous. With 8 pp. photocopied articles. See appendix in the repository's Research file for a detailed list of the megalographs with transcribed titles, (when applicable/readable). | |||||||||||
| 19 | [Chocolat Guerin-Boutron] late 1800s | ||||||||||
| France; Chocolats de qualité supérieure Guérin-Boutron; 29 Boulevard Poissonnière; Paris; F. Champenoise. One megalographic card for advertisement of chocolate brand; 6.5x5.5cm. | |||||||||||
| 19 | [Portrait du comique prince] late 1800s | ||||||||||
| France; modele deposé L. G.; Maurice Rouchier, Poitiers; Paris, Imprimerie Moderne, 47 Boulevard Ménilmontant. One megalographic card for advertisement of Les biscuits du Poitou; Instructions read: "Découpez les parties noires de cette Tête vous aurez par l'ombre le portrait du comique Prince." | |||||||||||
| 19 | [Bust of woman] circa 1980 | ||||||||||
| Germany; made by Werner Nekes for demonstration. One metal megalograph; made on a brass leaf; 9.5x8cm. | |||||||||||
| Series IIC. Transformative images, 1820-1920 | |||||||||||
| This subseries contains over one hundred early 20th-century postcards mostly of European cities and sites (including German military propaganda) which, when backlit, dissolve from day to night scenes, a modern development of the vue d'optique. Also included are five polyorama discs (lacking the proper viewing device), and a set of twenty prints by William Spooner, which he called protean because, with the use of lighting, the images change. These depict English monuments, landscapes, and public events as well as biblical and war scenes. | |||||||||||
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| 20 | Backlit postcards, 1890-1920 | ||||||||||
| 129 translucent postcards of day-to-night scenes, arranged geographically. Produced in Germany and France. Number of postcards of each topic noted in parenthesis. | |||||||||||
| 20 | German cities | ||||||||||
| Aachen (1); Berlin (13); Bingen (1); Blankensee (1); Bremen (2); Charlottenburg (1); Chemnitz (1); Drachenfels (1); Ems (1); Frankfurt (1); Hamburg (9) (1st is planned for exhibition); Hannover (5); Heidelberg (1); Hildesheim (1); Insterburg (1); Kaiser Wilhelm Kanal (1); Karlsruhe (1); Köln (29); Leipzig (1); Mainz (4); München (7); Nürnberg (3); Potsdam (1); Riesengebirge (2); Rüdesheim (1); Schlangenbad (1); Schneekoppe (1); Stuttgart (1); Weimar (1); Wiesbaden (4). | |||||||||||
| 20 | Non-German cities | ||||||||||
| Barcelona (5) (1st is planned for exhibition); Bradford (1); Glasgow (4); Lilienstein (1); London (2); Paris (4); Philadelphia (1); St. Louis, Missouri (1); Tölz (1); Wien (2). | |||||||||||
| 20 | Miscellanea | ||||||||||
| German military propaganda (8); New year's greeting card (1). | |||||||||||
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| 21 | Polyorama discs | ||||||||||
| 5 round paper discs (viewer not included); 1-3 on metal frame; 4-5 lacking frames; diam. 8cm. [Villa by lake]; [Castle and village]; [Harbor scene with windmill in background]; [Church interior]; [Doge palace, Venice] | |||||||||||
| 21 | Spooner Protean prints, 1820-1840 22 prints | ||||||||||
| London; William Spooner; 377 Strand. Prints that change when held against a light. | |||||||||||
| 21 | [A snow scene that, on being held before a strong light, changes to a perspective of a tunnel] | ||||||||||
| Spooner Protean view no. 2. Mounted on board; colored; 21x28.5cm. | |||||||||||
| 21 | St. George's Chapel Windsor Castel that changes to the splendid ceremony of the interment of King William the Fourth London | ||||||||||
| Spooner's Protean View no. 8; William Spooner; 377 Strand. 18x14cm. | |||||||||||
| 21 | [An Italian scene that changes to a moonlight view with a funeral procession] | ||||||||||
| Spooner protean view no. 9. Mounted on board; colored; 21x28.5cm. | |||||||||||
| 21 | [An Italian scene that changes to a moonlight view with a funeral procession] | ||||||||||
| Spooner protean view no. 9. Same as above; not colored; not mounted on board; without backing tissue paper. | |||||||||||
| 21 | Green park | ||||||||||
| Spooner protean view no.11. Title and series in pencil. mounted on board; colored; 21x28.5cm. | |||||||||||
| 21 | An interior of a cathedral with the celebration of midnight mass | ||||||||||
| Spooner protean view no. 23. Not mounted; colored; 18.5x22.5 | |||||||||||
| 21 | The new house of parliament, which seems to rise from the ruins and conflagration of the old buildings | ||||||||||
| Spooner protean view no. 25. Not mounted on board; not colored; 22x19cm. | |||||||||||
| 21 | St. Paul Cathedral shewing the booths of the city companies & Christ's Hospital on the Queens visit to Guildhall | ||||||||||
| Spooner protean view no. 26. Captions read: "Victoria our friend / Edward our founder"; not mounted on board; not colored; 21.6x19.3cm. | |||||||||||
| 21 | Poet's corner, Westminster Abbey, changing to the shades of Shakespeare, Scott & Byron | ||||||||||
| Spooner protean view no. 29. Not mounted on board; colored; 22x19cm. | |||||||||||
| 21 | St. Jean d'Acri changing to the bombardment by the British & allied fleet, Nov.r 3.d 1840 | ||||||||||
| Spooner protean view no. 39; R. S. Harst, lith, 244 Strand. Ships names read: Thunder, Phenix; not mounted on board; colored; 19x22.5cm. | |||||||||||
| 21 | Jordan | ||||||||||
| Scriptural [protean view] no. 3; in pencil. Colored cutout; 15x18.3cm. | |||||||||||
| 21 | [The city of Jerusalem changing to the entry of Our Saviour] | ||||||||||
| Scriptural protean view no. 4; by G. F. Bragg; Printed by W. Kohler. Not colored; not cut out; 19x22cm. | |||||||||||
| 21 | [The city of Jerusalem changing to the entry of Our Saviour] | ||||||||||
| [Scriptural protean view no. 4; by G. F. Bragg; Printed by W. Kohler]. | |||||||||||
| Same as above but without title and publishing information because cut. Colored; 15x18.2cm. | |||||||||||
| 21 | Haverford Priory | ||||||||||
| Spooner's transparencies no. 2. Mounted on cardboard; colored; 21x28.5cm. | |||||||||||
| 21 | Haddon Hall-Derbyshire | ||||||||||
| Spooner's transparencies no. 6. Mounted on cardboard; colored; 21.5x28.5cm. | |||||||||||
| 21 | [Winter changing to summer] | ||||||||||
| Mounted on cardboard; colored; 16x20cm. | |||||||||||
| 21 | Chartres cathedral | ||||||||||
| Title in pencil; not mounted on cardboard; colored; 15.2x17.5cm. | |||||||||||
| 21 | [Coronation of queen] | ||||||||||
| Not mounted on cardboard; colored; 18.5x14.3cm. | |||||||||||
| 21 | [Welcome V. R.] | ||||||||||
| Banners in the scene read "Welcome V. R."; not mounted on cardboard; colored; 16.3x18.5cm. | |||||||||||
| 21 | [Night scene of church] | ||||||||||
| Not mounted on cardboard; colored; 14x18cm. | |||||||||||
| 21 | [Tunnel changing to a celebration in a park] | ||||||||||
| Unreadable caption in pencil; not mounted on cardboard; colored; 14x19cm. | |||||||||||
| 21 | [City scene] | ||||||||||
| Not mounted on cardboard; colored; 12x17cm. | |||||||||||
| Series III. Artifacts, 1700- circa 1980 | |||||||||||
| Series includes optical instruments and artists' aids as well as viewers designed to exhibit prints (including those in Series I and II) while creating special effects through backlighting, movement or transformation. | |||||||||||
| An 18th-century mirrored cone of Dutch origin is used to transform and view the accompanying 13 water-colored anamorphic pictures. The anamorphic images are possibly part of a series introduced by the title/proverb in Old Dutch "Verwagt nog beeter" ("expect even better"). The zograscope is used to enlarge and view non-pricked vues d'optique. Artists' aids include a box-form camera obscura used for drawing images from nature, a camera lucida and a pocket-size Lorrain mirror. Another camera obscura in the form of a large wooden book perhaps had a twofold purpose as a camera obscura and as a viewer for non-backlit vues d'optique. | |||||||||||
| Objects that functioned as toys and games include montage toys (functioning by simple juxtaposition of images or parts of images, such as a myriorama by Friedrich Campe, a physionotrace, and a number of mica overlays), flipbooks and rebus games, as well as moving toys (e.g. the magnetic lottery or "Magic painter," which rotates by means of a hidden magnet, the polymorphoscope with a multifaceted rotating lens which multiplies the single image painted on a glass slide, and a Spanish-made metal figure, moved by balancing a counterweight). A florentine stone, although a natural object, has a pattern that resembles the profile of a metropolis. A one-lens magic lantern (the English Praestantia, by the Riley Brothers) is accompanied by 18 slides of different sizes which represent the variety of slides made for the 19th-century commercial market. | |||||||||||
| Peepshows are represented by a variety of three-dimensional paper theaters ranging from perspective theaters designed Martin Engelbrecht (see Appendix 2) in the 18th century, to early-20th century paper souvenirs illustrating foreign places, legendary events, religious icons and fairy-tales characters. A particularly detailed item in this category is a many layered peepshow from 18th-century central Europe depicting a sumptuous religious festival. Another kind of paper theater is represented by the Ombres Chinoises, a popular miniature shadow theater from France which includes four backdrops. These depict theatrical shows such as the serpentine dance (an allusion to Loie Fuller), a town carnival, and the grand fountains at Versailles. | |||||||||||
| There are two sets of late 19th-century thaumatropes (i.e. "wheel of wonder") from Germany and from France. Thaumatropes are small paper discs (with a diameter of approximately 2 1/2 inches) with related images on each side which merge into one another when they are twirled by the strings attached at the sides of the discs. Also included is a set of moving panoramas, i.e. the discs to be viewed with a phenakistoscope, included in this collection, made in the 1830's by the English company S. W. Fores Optical Illusions. These panorama discs, of approximately 8" in diameter, depict sequential scenes displayed in segments and are viewed while rotating in front of a mirroring surface. The collection holds another set of three discs made in Germany in the same period. | |||||||||||
| Two different types of hand-held stereoscopes are included in this series: one based on Oliver Wendell Holmes' model, and one made by David Brewster (1781-1868) in England. Two pictures (one from Germany and one from England) accompany the Holmes' type stereoscope. These slides display two separate images adjacent to each other (for example a bird and a cage) which, when viewed through the stereoscope, merge into one whole scene. A third stereoscope in the collection is the large column stereo viewer (Box 75**). A set of about 80 glass stereoscopic slides depict panoramic views mostly of European landscapes, city monuments and wars (with a few views of Middle Eastern sites). | |||||||||||
| Six viewers designed to view backlit images include: two polyorama panoptiques in large and small formats, a moving panorama, meant to be backlit with candlelight and depicting a tour through London's squares, and a French viewing stand with twelve oval backlit prints of famous cities and monuments including Paris, London, and Constantinople. In this group also is included a 15 ft-long rolled panorama depicting the route from Hamburg to Altona, a lithophane lamp-shade, and a wooden foldable viewing box with two lenses (to allow two viewers at the same show) for backlit vues d'optique. | |||||||||||
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| 22 | Anamorphic pictures, 1700 | ||||||||||
| 13 square hand drawn, watercolor anamorphic pictures, with hand-written numbers in parenthesis (1-4, 6, 8-12, 15, 17, 18). Contemporary with cone viewer in box 23. On verso of all pictures appear initials in ink: AVM. ca.27x27 cm. | |||||||||||
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| 23 | Konus-spigel, 1700 | ||||||||||
| The Netherlands. Cone viewer for anamorphic images; 7.8x8.4 cm.; in original box. | |||||||||||
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| 24 | Camera lucida = Chambre claire universelle, undated | ||||||||||
| With 12 lenses in box; 28x6x2.5 cm. box. | |||||||||||
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| 25 | Nouvelle Chambre Claire Universelle, undated | ||||||||||
| Par P. Bervil-le; 25, Rue de la Chaussée -d'Antin; [Ed. Hemmelé ?]; Paris. Booklet. On cover: Notice explicative sur la chambre claire universelle brevetée S. G. D. G.; Appareil permanent de reduire, agrandir, copier des paysages, portraits, documents, objets etc. rapidement et exactement (25 pp. with some illustrations); 17x12.3 cm. | |||||||||||
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| 26 | Lorrain mirror, 1800s | ||||||||||
| German? Used by artists for translating colors into graded shades for drawing; also reduces scale; 8x7x1.5 cm. | |||||||||||
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| 27 | Box-form camera obscura, 1860 | ||||||||||
| La nature calquée directement; B.A. Paris; 9359 Imp. Hemmerlé et Cie. With instructions in French and drawers for supplies; portable; 13.5x14.5x24.8 cm. and lens tube 4x4 cm. | |||||||||||
| Rectangular wooden box divided with biconvex lens, a mirror (displayed diagonally at 45o across the area), glass on the upper surface of the box, and a lid that can be lifted. Instructions in French suggest placing tracing paper on the glass to trace the image reflected by the mirror. Contains two small compartments for tools storage; 13x4.5x4.5 cm. and 13x4.5x3 cm. Below these are two small drawers, 13x11.5x3 cm. | |||||||||||
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| 28** | Theatre de l'Univers, circa 1750 | ||||||||||
| Made in France. A camera obscura shaped like a book; title on "spine"; possibly used also as a viewer for vues d'optique; 10x36x55 cm.; when opened to 90 degrees, turns into an optical device. A vue d'optique placed inside is reflected in the mirror (10.5x13 cm.) which is angled at 45 degrees on the top of the book cover and is joined to a bi-convex lens (5x10 cm.); when unfolded the book-form camera obscura measures 56 cm. in height. | |||||||||||
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| 29** | Zograscope, circa 1750 | ||||||||||
| Made in Holland. Used to view, focus, and enlarge prints. Also known in contemporary sources as "show glass" or "diagonal mirror," it was named zograscope by instrument-maker George Adams; wood and glass; 26x51x20 cm. diam. | |||||||||||
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| 30 | Florentine / Tuscany pictorial stone, undated | ||||||||||
| With illusionary landscape; 13x8.5x1 cm. | |||||||||||
| See also Box 1* folder 11 for print of florentine stone and of dendrites. Cfr. Baltrusaitis, Aberrations. Chapter 2, Pictorial stones. | |||||||||||
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| 31 | Friedr[ich] Protzen's Kupfer Schablonen, 1880 | ||||||||||
| Germany; Kupfer-Schablonen- Fabri-ck von Friedr. Protzen; Unter den Linden 24. Bel-Etage im Gerold'-schen Hause; Ber-lin. | |||||||||||
| Children's game of 17 copper plates used as stencils for painting; 2.3x12x7.3 cm.; plates circa 6x7 cm. and smaller; with original charcoal pencil. | |||||||||||
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| 32 | [Magnetic lottery] 1770 | ||||||||||
| Austria or The Netherlands.Wood; On verso of box hand-written caption reads: A French ... / This is 80 / years old / 1894 / M. F. Walker/ Clefton House / Searbis; 11.5x12.2x2.5cm. Plus 4 colored wood slides with pictures on both faces, depicting: landscapes, 2 still lives, and a portrait; 10.5x11 cm. | |||||||||||
| Repository has another copy of this item: see Le peintre abile, or, Magic painter, Special Collections accn. no. 96.R.58. | |||||||||||
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| 33 | Polymorphoscope, 1840 | ||||||||||
| England. With faceted and convex lens; 23x8x7 cm. (3x 4.5 cm. diameter viewer). | |||||||||||
| Plus 10 slides, hand-painted on glass; 5.5x7.5cm. and smaller: 1. bees; 2. parrot; 3. butterfly; 4. clown's face; 5. wind-mill; 6. old woman face; 7. man and woman; 8. two men with joining noses; 9. swan [cracked glass]; 10. [Untitled]. | |||||||||||
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| 34 | Pop-out card game, circa 1850-1890 | ||||||||||
| France. 16 cards show historical scenes with 8 pop-out holes which contain questions and answers; 13x18.5cm. | |||||||||||
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| 35 | Rebus game, circa 1700-1750 | ||||||||||
| France. 23 playing cards illustrate rebus images, plus a card with explanations. Original set of 24 cards, No. 19 missing; 11.5x8.2cm. | |||||||||||
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| 36 | Myriorama, undated | ||||||||||
| Germany; Nürnberg; bei Fredrich Campe. 16 parts; Classical ruins landscape; 19.5x7cm. | |||||||||||
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| 37 | Physionotrace, circa 1800-1850 | ||||||||||
| England. Man's profile on paper plus cutouts to change his physiognomy and dress (12 noses, 2 hats, 1 uniform); picture drawn on cardboard; 12.8x10.2cm. | |||||||||||
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| 38 | Comic metamorphoses for boys = Komisches Metamorphosenspiel für Knaben = Les métamorphoses jeu comique pour les garçons = Komik. Verrandelings Spel voor Jongens, circa 1820 | ||||||||||
| Made in England or Germany. Wooden box with cards in three segments from letter "a" through "m" to create various figure (horizontal montage game); hand-colored titles in four languages; initials Frk. in corner; 21x13.5cm. | |||||||||||
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| 39 | Spanish animation toy, 1890 | ||||||||||
| A man with a cane, made of metal stands balanced by a counterweight; 23.5x16cm.; 45cm. long. | |||||||||||
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| 40 | Metamorphosis / Montage, Flip books, 1840 2 book(s) | ||||||||||
| 40 | Klappbilderbuch so oder so, undated | ||||||||||
| Germany. 12. heitere Doppel-bilder gezeichnet v. Leo-nhardt Diefenbach u. a. Kunstlern. 12 double pages; 18x21 cm. | |||||||||||
| 40 | Neues Verwandlungs-Bilderbuch : zur Unterhaltung und Belustingung der heiteren Jugend mit sechs Doppelbildern in lithograph, undated | ||||||||||
| Farbendruck, Germany. Verlag von J. F. Shcreiber [sic]; Esslingen; Original Steinzei-chnungen von Maler W. von Breitschwert. | |||||||||||
| Title page is a xerox; 27x22 cm. | |||||||||||
| 40 | Magic picture book = Bilder-Zauberei = Livre de la magie graphique, 1860 | ||||||||||
| Germany; Nürnberg; D. u. V. v. Tauber & Geek. 12cm. | |||||||||||
| 40 | Novelty! Metamorphoses Picture-Book = Verwandlungs-Bilder-Buch = Nouveauté! Livre de Metamorphoses, 1850 | ||||||||||
| Germany. Foldout in three parts with montage cutouts in the central section. | |||||||||||
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| 41 | Paper overlays, circa 1750-1790 | ||||||||||
| England. Written caption: "heads drawn by Samuel Archdale Beddouse"; Burritt and Hudson 85 Cheap-side; blindstamp. | |||||||||||
| Head with characters; consists of 39 hand-drawn paper overlays with identification or comments and 1 portrait on cardboard; in modern green box: 21x119 cm. | |||||||||||
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| 42 | [Portrait with costumes] circa 1700 | ||||||||||
| 7 oval mica overlays (8.5x6.5 cm.); and 1 oval paper portrait, with a walnut box; 13x10 cm. The mica overlays have costumes painted on them which, when laid on top of the portrait, change the character of the portrait. | |||||||||||
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| 43 | [Indian trades] 1820-1860 | ||||||||||
| 11 mica overlays illustrate Indian trades 11.5x8 cm.; and 1 card; 11.5x7.5 cm.; | |||||||||||
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| 44 | [Birds] 1800s 1. 10.8x15.3cm.; (in bad condition)2. 10.8x15 cm.; (in bad condition)3. 11x15.5 cm.; (in good condition) | ||||||||||
| English. 3 single mica cards depict birds | |||||||||||
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| 45 | [Purse-shaped montage] circa 1750-1790 | ||||||||||
| 4 cards and portrait; military uniforms and ethnic costumes; 6.5x7 cm.; cards: 6.2x6.2 cm. | |||||||||||
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| 46** | Magic lantern slides, undated 18 slides | ||||||||||
| #6-18 slides are framed; some have mechanic devices to rotate or move the images. 1-5 are smaller single-glass slides without any mechanism to produce movement. | |||||||||||
| 46** | [Cartoon figures] | ||||||||||
| 46** | [Harlequin: 2 sequences] | ||||||||||
| With French text written on slide. | |||||||||||
| 46** | [Racial and ethnic types] 2 slides | ||||||||||
| 46** | [Cartoon depicting man smoking and causing an explosion] | ||||||||||
| Numbered 5-8. | |||||||||||
| 46** | [Boat at sea] | ||||||||||
| Newton & Co. Opticians; Fleet St.; London. | |||||||||||
| 46** | [Chromatrope] | ||||||||||
| Newton & Co. Opticians; Fleet St.; London. | |||||||||||
| 46** | [Two characters looking at each other] | ||||||||||
| 46** | [Childrens' parade] | ||||||||||
| Newton & Co. Opticians; Fleet St.; London. | |||||||||||
| 46** | [Magician's tricks: 3 sequences] | ||||||||||
| 46** | [Three landscapes] | ||||||||||
| N.B., Black background is chipping. | |||||||||||
| 46** | [Burlesque scene of man riding a donkey: 3 sequences] | ||||||||||
| 46** | [Phantasmagoria: 3 sequences] | ||||||||||
| 46** | [Village fair] | ||||||||||
| 46** | [Caricatures and types] 4 slides | ||||||||||
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| 47** | Praestantia, circa 1885-1900 | ||||||||||
| Bradford, England; Riley Brothers. Magic lantern with one lens (diam. 4.5cm.); iron, brass, and glass, with electric bulb; 23.5x13x35.5cm. Top part of magic lantern has label: M. D. & S. J. Wilks / 26 Errwood Avenue / Temple Meads / Buxton / Derbys. SK17 9BD / Tel. Buxton 3821. Date from Magic images, p. 27. | |||||||||||
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| 48 | Paper peep shows, 1939 | ||||||||||
| 48 | World of tomorrow : New York World's Fair 1789-1939, 1939 | ||||||||||
| Copyright by Elizabeth Sage Hare & Warren Chappeu. Proscenium plus 4 layers and backdrop; 12.5x16.5x0.5 cm. (when folded). | |||||||||||
| 48 | Le petit chaperon rouge, 1939 | ||||||||||
| Paris; Au bon mar-ché; Maison Aristide Boucicaut. Small peepshow; color; N.B., 1 small figure has separated from the peepshow, included. | |||||||||||
| 48 | Mère du Sauveur, priez pour nous, 1939 | ||||||||||
| Paris; Villemur, éditeur; Rue de la Harpe, 55. Paper doily and peepshow with image of the Madonna; pricked; 11.5x7 cm. | |||||||||||
| 48 | Nansen in the Polar regions, 1939 | ||||||||||
| Same as in Box 49 below; not mounted. | |||||||||||
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| 49 | Three small peepshows, 1920s | ||||||||||
| London, Paris, New York; Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd. Printed in Germany. Each 10x5x8.5 cm. | |||||||||||
| 49 | Nansen in the Polar regions | ||||||||||
| See also Box 48. | |||||||||||
| 49 | Mount Vesuvius, Italy | ||||||||||
| 49 | Lake Lucerne, Switzerland. | ||||||||||
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| 50 | [Religious festival] circa 1830-1875 | ||||||||||
| Elaborate peepshow, with 62 accordion folds, that expands to 1.30 m. x 47 cm. high. Origin unknown (Northern France or Netherlands?). Hand-painted Church interior displays a religious feast. | |||||||||||
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| 51 | Engelbrecht perspective theaters: large format, 1700s 7 theaters | ||||||||||
| Most cited in La camera dei sortilegi, as noted. | |||||||||||
| 51 | [Praesentation einer Hirsch-Jagd] | ||||||||||
| Series no. 14; sheets [89], 90-94; 5 parts and backdrop. Cfr. La camera dei sortilegi, p. 60. | |||||||||||
| 51 | [Praesentation eines scharffen Rencontre] | ||||||||||
| Series no. 18; sheets 114-118; 3 parts and backdrop. Cfr. La camera dei sortilegi, p. 60. | |||||||||||
| 51 | Präsentation der Italiänischen Comödianten, circa 1700 | ||||||||||
| I. Wachmuht inv. et del. Series n.o 22; sheets 137-142; proscenium and 4 parts and 2 different backdrops (both numbered 142, a garden view and the background theater interior); large format, part of 20x20 cm. Cfr. La camera dei sortilegi, p. 49 and p. 60. | |||||||||||
| 51 | [Praesentation des Markus Platzes in Venedig] | ||||||||||
| Series no. 35; sheets [225], [...], [...], [...], [231]; proscenium and 3 parts and backdrop. Cfr. La camera dei sortilegi, p. 60. | |||||||||||
| 51 | Representation d'un joutte sur l'eau | ||||||||||
| Alternate title: [Praesentation eines schönen Fischer Stechen] | |||||||||||
| Series no. 47; sheets ; 2 parts and backdrop. Cfr. La camera dei sortilegi, p. 61. | |||||||||||
| 51 | [Theater] | ||||||||||
| Series no. 48; sheets 317, 319, 320, [321], [322]; proscenium and 4 parts and backdrop. | |||||||||||
| 51 | [Der Bethlehemitische Kindermort] | ||||||||||
| Series no. 57; sheets [379], 380-385; proscenium and 5 parts and backdrop; colored engraving; 17x19cm. Cfr. La camera dei sortilegi, p. 37 and p. 61; also at Milan, Museo della Scala; Munich, Bayerische National-museum; and Augsburg, Staats und Stadt Bibliothek. | |||||||||||
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| 52 | Engelbrecht perspective theaters: medium format, circa 1720 12 theaters | ||||||||||
| Theaters are partial, with pieces missing. | |||||||||||
| 52 | [Roman military camp] circa 1720 | ||||||||||
| 5 parts and 1 backdrop and 1 synthesis sheet; hand colored on parchment, this set is constituted of two originally separate sets, which however present the same handwriting on the verso of the various layers: layers 1, 2, 3, belong to one set; layers 4-6 belong to another; 8.5X13 cm. | |||||||||||
| 52 | [Channel with northern city in background] | ||||||||||
| 4 parts (2 missing). Cfr. La camera dei sortilegi, p.57. | |||||||||||
| 52 | [Court life] | ||||||||||
| 3 parts and backdrops. | |||||||||||
| 52 | [Villa with garden] | ||||||||||
| 1 part and backdrop. | |||||||||||
| 52 | [Kitchen interior] | ||||||||||
| 1 part and synthesis sheet. | |||||||||||
| 52 | [Village with ruins] | ||||||||||
| 3 parts and synthesis sheet; possibly part 2 belongs to a different set. | |||||||||||
| 52 | [Synagogue lectern] | ||||||||||
| 1 part. | |||||||||||
| 52 | [Joseph into the pit] | ||||||||||
| 2 parts. | |||||||||||
| 52 | [Daniel in the lions' den] | ||||||||||
| 1 backdrop. | |||||||||||
| 52 | [Christ's life] | ||||||||||
| 1 part and backdrop. | |||||||||||
| 52 | [Winter] | ||||||||||
| 1 part; copy of item #4 in Box 53, 3rd layer. | |||||||||||
| 52 | [Spring] | ||||||||||
| 2 parts and synthesis sheet; copy of item #1 in Box 53, layers 2 and 4. | |||||||||||
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| 53 | The Four Seasons, Engelbrecht perspective theaters: medium format, circa 1720 | ||||||||||
| 53 | [Spring] | ||||||||||
| 5 parts and backdrop. | |||||||||||
| 53 | Perspectivische Vortellung eines schönen Garten | ||||||||||
| Summer. 5 parts and backdrop. | |||||||||||
| 53 | Perspectivische Vorstellung des Englischen Grüsses und der Heimsuchung Maria | ||||||||||
| Fall. Proscenium and 5 parts and backdrop. | |||||||||||
| 53 | [Winter] | ||||||||||
| 5 parts and backdrop. | |||||||||||
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| 54 | Engelbrecht viewer, 1800s | ||||||||||
| Augsburg. With glass lens and opaque white glass lid. A horizontal wooden box with a modern lens and internal grooves to hold the layers of an Engelbrecht theater. | |||||||||||
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| 55 | Thaumatropes disks, circa 1900 5 disk(s) | ||||||||||
| England. 6.4 cm. diam. each. | |||||||||||
| 1-2. The juggler (2 copies); 3-4. Jack in the box (2 copies); 5. Get cracking | |||||||||||
| 55 | Jeu du Thaumatrope, 1890 | ||||||||||
| France; Paris. Académie des arts graphiques; 18, Rue Malher. 10.5x16.5x2 cm. 10 paper thaumatropes, in cardboard box diameter 7.5 cm. 1. Au cirque; 2. Una grande représentation; 3. L'Oiseau e'énvole; 4. L'Aquarium; 5. La Malle des Indes; 6. Il était une Bergère; 7. La force prime le droit; 8. Sur le pont d'Avignon; 9. C'est la Mère Michel; 10. Steeple-Chase. | |||||||||||
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| 56 | Handle for Moving panorama | ||||||||||
| Aka spindle doodle. Made by the repository to be used with panorama in Box 57 | |||||||||||
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| 57 | Fores's Moving Panorama or Optical Illusions, giving life and activity to inanimate objects : a nut for philosophers; to be viewed with a phenakistoscope , circa 1833-1834 | ||||||||||
| London; S. W. Fores Optical Illu-sions, Publ.d at 41, Picadilly; S. W. Fores. Cardboard portfolio with set of 7 large English disks; 23.5 cm. diam., and 3 small German hand-colored disks (unknown maker); 19 cm. diam. | |||||||||||
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| 58 | Ombres Chinoises, 1880 | ||||||||||
| France, Paris; L. Saussine Éditeur. Large box with frame and groove to hold placards and rolls used to hang paper, 38x54x9.5 cm.; and 4 placards (paper on wood frame, fragile, colored lithograph?, badly ripped). | |||||||||||
| 1. Danse serpentine dans la cage aux lions, signed Ludovic, 35x42cm.; 2. A Victor Hugo, 35x42 cm.; 3. [Town carnival] 35x42 cm.; 4. Grand eaux a Versailles; signed Ludovic, 35x42 cm. | |||||||||||
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| 59 | Wooden hand stereoscope, 1860s or later | ||||||||||
| Holmes type, made in Germany? 19x32x10 cm.; lens 8x16 cm. | |||||||||||
| 59 | Stereoscopic cards 2 card(s) | ||||||||||
| When viewed through the stereoscope, the two parts of the image overlap, creating an optical illusion. | |||||||||||
| 59 | [Cage and bird] | ||||||||||
| Germany; Series no. 4. | |||||||||||
| 59 | [Man at table waiting to be served by woman who is entering the room with a dish] | ||||||||||
| London; William Spooner, 379 Strand; Series no 5. Caption: "Optical transpositions: great expectations, a magic novelty for the stereoscope." | |||||||||||
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| 60 | Stereo viewer for backlit images, 1880 | ||||||||||
| Brewster type, made in England. Wood; 11x17x15 cm. | |||||||||||
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| 61 | Glass stereo slides, 1850s-1970s | ||||||||||
| Images of expositions and panoramic views of European landscapes, made by various manufacturers. 81 slides in 4 small boxes (a-d) organized by country in alphabetical order. See list of individual slides in the repositories' Research files. | |||||||||||
| 61 | (a) Austria, Bohemia, England, France | ||||||||||
| 61 | (b) Germany, Greece, Italy - art and architecture | ||||||||||
| 61 | (c) Italy - war, Middle East | ||||||||||
| 61 | (d) Spain, unidentified places | ||||||||||
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| 62 | 51 metal stereograph plates | ||||||||||
| To be used in the column stereo-viewer as ballast [see Box 75**]. Not original Nekes' material; 17x8.5 cm. | |||||||||||
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| 63** | Lithophanie lamp shade Porcelain; 19.6x21.5 cm. diam. | ||||||||||
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| 64** | Lithophanie lamp stem, silver, 36x15 cm.brass; 21.5x14 cm. | ||||||||||
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| 65** | In excursion to London, 1880 | ||||||||||
| Made in England. A panorama known as an "eidophusikon" or "moving panorama" with views of London, in a viewer for backlit prints. Wood and paper; candle holder in back of viewer. 18x17x9 cm. | |||||||||||
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| 66 | Längenpanorama Reise von Hamburg nach Altona, 1823 | ||||||||||
| A panorama scroll, made in Germany. 8x492 cm. | |||||||||||
| 66 | Peter Suhrs, Panorama einer Reise von Hamburg nach Altona und zurück, 1909 | ||||||||||
| Erklärt von Dr. J. Heckscher; mit 7 Abbildungen. Berlin W. 30; Hermann Barsdorf Verlag; 1909. 136 pp.; 24x15.5 cm. Guidebook to a panorama. | |||||||||||
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| 67** | Voyage Où Il Vous Plaira, 1860 | ||||||||||
| Viewer for backlit prints, with prints. Made in France. Prints are stamped with the name J. C. Nicolai. Viewing stand for front and back lighting, and 12 oval backlit prints: | |||||||||||
| 1. Versailles; 2. Londres, La Tamise; 3. Somerset House, Bernard Castle; 4. Notre Dame de Paris; 5. Tunnel de Rolleboise (Chemin du Hàvre); 6-7.Constantinople; 8. Venise; 9. La Tamise et le Tunnel; 10. Arsenal de Toulon ; 11. Les Bains de Dieppe; 12. Lugano. | |||||||||||
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| 68** | Viewer for backlit prints, circa 1750 | ||||||||||
| Vues d'optique viewer for two people, aka Guckkasten, made in Holland. Foldable; wood; h. 32.8 cm; w. 49.5 cm; d. 96 cm. | |||||||||||
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| 69 | Polyorama panoptique, 1850 | ||||||||||
| Brevet d'invention S. G.tie du Gouv.t; French. | |||||||||||
| Viewer for backlit prints composed of 3 parts: viewing lens on mahogany frame, a bellows (to regulate focus) and the slide box (slides are inserted from above); 12.5x16x14 cm.; paper, wood, and fabric; magnifying glass measures 3x3 cm. Cfr. Il mondo nuovo, p.103 and p.185. See backlit prints in Box 69. | |||||||||||
| 69 | Backlit prints, 1850 4 items | ||||||||||
| Images on paper in wood frames; with colored backing paper and pin-pricks. For use in the Polyorama panoptique, Box 69. | |||||||||||
| [Venice: Doge palace] badly ripped, 14.5x9.5 cm.; La nuite de Noël en Angleterre, 14.5x9.5 cm.; Regent Street: la Bourse (Londres) 14.5x9.5 cm.; [Castle] 14.5x9.5 cm. | |||||||||||
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| 70** | Polyorama panoptique et diagraphique pour dessiner d'apres nature, 1851 | ||||||||||
| France; Brevet d'invention S. G.tie du Gouv.t. Used also as a camera obscura. Viewer for translucent backlit images, composed of 3 parts: viewing lens on mahogany frame, a bellows (to regulate focus) and the slide box. Slides are inserted from the side to be viewed. Paper, wood, and fabric; 16.5 h. x 46 l. x 21.6 w. cm. See Box 7 for 18 images to be used with this type of viewer. | |||||||||||
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| 75** | Wooden column stereo-viewer, late 1880s | ||||||||||
| Made in France. Floor-standing. See Box 62** for metal plates to be used with stereo-viewer for ballast. | |||||||||||