Finding Aid for the Nekes Collection of Optical Devices, Prints, and Games,
1700-1996, bulk 1740-1920
Isotta Poggi.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Nekes Collection of Optical Devices, Prints, and Games
Date (inclusive): 1700-1996 (bulk 1740-1920)
Number: 93.R.118
Creator/Collector:
Nekes, Werner,
1944-
Physical Description:
45 Linear Feet
(75 boxes, 1 flat file folder)
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
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,
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Biographical / Historical Note
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.
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Nekes collection of optical devices, prints, and games, 1700-1996, bulk 1740-1920, Research
Library, The Getty Research Institute, Accession no. 93.R.118
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa93r118
Acquisition Information
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.
Processing History
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.
Digitized Material
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
Arrangement note
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
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Topics
Animation (Cinematography) -- Instruments.
Drawing instruments
Optical instruments
Popular culture -- Europe
Subjects - Titles
Optical devices collection (Getty Research Institute)
Prints collection (Getty Research Institute)
Genres and Forms of Material
Engravings -- Europe -- 19th century
Engravings -- Europe -- 18th century
Magic lanterns
Lantern slides
Games
Flip books
Optical illusions
Optical toys -- 1700-1900
Montages -- 1700-1900
Miniature theaters
Phenakistoscopes
Peepshows
Advertising cards -- 1800-1900
Amusements
Camera obscuras
Card games -- 1700-1900
Anamorphoses
Camera lucidas
Educational toys
Physionotrace works
Cast shadows
Educational games
Thaumatropes
Stereoscopic photographs
Prints -- Europe -- 18th century
Prints -- Europe -- 19th century
Vues d'optique
Toys
Stereoscopes -- 1700-1900
Contributors
Spooner, William, active
1831-1854
Riley Brothers, Ltd.
Nekes, Werner,
1944-
Shénan, J. E.
S. W. Fores (Firm)
Imagerie Pellerin
(Épinal, France)
Hogarth, William,
1697-1764
Liebig's Extract of Meat
Company
L. Saussine (Firm)
Campe, Friedrich,
1777-1846
Boilly, Louis,
1761-1845
Series I.
Prints,
circa 1700-1996
Scope and Content Note
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
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 1*, folder 1
[Engraving about anamorphosis after J. Holbein painting],
circa 1850
Scope and Content Note
Paris; chez Chereau et Joubert, rue des Mathurins aux deux Pilliers d'Or; J. A.
Piérron Sculp.
box 1*, folder 1
[2 prints about anamorphosis],
1753
Scope and Content Note
From Alexandre Savérien, Dictionnaire Universal de Mathematique et de Physique.
Paris. Tome I, plate XXXV and plate XXXVII.
box 1*, folder 2
Le Verre,
1850s-1870s
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 1*, folder 2
Das Ballongespenst,
1889?
Scope and Content Note
Germany; Gebrüder Kröner; Original-zeichnung von C.G.Robech. Date handwritten on
verso. Wood engraving depicting reflection; 32x24cm.
box 1*, folder 3
[Color wood engraving with 12 scenes],
1800s
Scope and Content Note
Printed in The Netherlands. One of the scenes depicts the zograscope; 30x37cm.
box 1*, folder 3
[Camera lucida],
1800s
Scope and Content Note
Printed image from a German magazine.
box 1*, folder 4
Catoptrics: plate CXXVIII,
circa 1800
Scope and Content Note
A Bell Prin. Wal. sculptor fecit. Engraving; 26.5x20cm.
box 1*, folder 4
El progreso científico; El Fotófono : Aparatos Para "oir la luz" y "ver el
sonido,
1890
Scope and Content Note
Spain. Engraving from unidentifed printed source; 15x24cm.
box 1*, folder 5
Whoever makes a design without the knowledge of perspective will be liable
to such obscurities as are shown in the print,
1700s
Scope and Content Note
England, W. Hogarth, J. Moore Sculp. Engraving; 14.5x12 cm.
box 1*, folder 5
L' Electricité,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Paris. Showing uses of electricity. Colored wood engraving; 26x37.5cm.
box 1*, folder 6-9
En l'an 2000,
circa 1900
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 1*, folder 10
Mr. & Mrs. Caudle during the various curtain lectures,
1800s
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 1*, folder 10
Carriage at pleasure,
1860
Scope and Content Note
France. With fold-up window. Colored engraving; 23x28 cm.
box 1*, folder 11
Naturspiele: Dendriten and Florentiner Ruinen-Marmor,
1700s
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 1*, folder 11
Constructions Petit,
1870s?
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 1*, folder 12
[Cut-out shapes for children] undated
Scope and Content Note
French; Imagerie d'Épinal; Pellerin & Cie. To create mechanical forms animated
by wind. 3 color wood engravings.
box 1*, folder 12
Moulin à vent
Physical Description: 2 sheets, No 1001,
1024.
box 1*, folder 12
Scierie
Physical Description: No. 1006.
box 1*, folder 12
La Maison du Forgeron
Physical Description: No. 1002. 29.5 x 40
cm.
box 1*, folder 13
Decoraciones de Teatro,
1840
Physical Description:
3
items
Scope and Content Note
Barcelona; Lit. de hijos de Paluzíe. Color wood engravings; 37x46 cm.
box 1*, folder 13
Decoraciones de teatro de casa rustica #1007
box 1*, folder 13
Decoraciones de teatro: Bastidores #1020
box 1*, folder 13
Decoraciones de teatro de sala #1020
box 1*, folder 14
Galerie Militaire Française Rébus Images,
circa 1800
Scope and Content Note
Lyon; chez Giraud freres et Gayet; rue Bonneveau. Engraving with 36 scenes. No 16.
28.5x38.5cm.
box 1*, folder 15
[Robertson Lantern],
1840
Scope and Content Note
France. Printed image from unidentifed French journal.
box 1*, folder 15
3 color greeting cards that depict magic lanterns,
circa 1900
Scope and Content Note
France. La lanterne magique; Amitié sincère; [Children watching a magic lantern
show].
box 1*, folder 15
[Magic lantern show and turning pictures],
1900s
Scope and Content Note
Cop. by C. Delattre No. 9; Lilla Nygatan; 9 Stock-holm, Sweden No. 4028. Color
greeting card / postcard; 15.5x10.5cm.
box 1*, folder 16
Geistererscheinung auf der Bühne,
1864
Scope and Content Note
Phantasmagoria. Wood engraving, torn from unidentified German publication.
box 1*, folder 16
Reproduction photographischer Depeschen durch die Laterna magica während
der Belagerung von Paris,
1877
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 1*, folder 17
La Lanterne Magique : Diogène faisant voir la lanterne magique à
Alexandre,
circa 1850
Scope and Content Note
No. 1; Chez Aubert & Cie. Pl. de la Bourse; Imp. d'Aubert & Cie.
23x30.5cm.
box 1*, folder 18
Laterna magica : zauberbilder,
circa 1900
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 1*, folder 18
La lanterne magique,
1800s
Scope and Content Note
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**.
box 1*, folder 19
La foire = Der Jaarmarkt,
1700s
Scope and Content Note
The Netherlands. No 11; Shows the trades at the fair, including the peepshow
Captions in French and Dutch. Hand-colored; 34x36cm.
box 1*, folder 20
[Trades and occupations including man with a portable
peepshow],
1800s
Scope and Content Note
Germany; Nurnberg; bei Fr. Campe. Color engraving; 27x44cm.
box 1*, folder 20
[Chinese peep box],
1800s
Scope and Content Note
Color engraving.
box 1*, folder 21
Southwark Fair,
1796
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 1*, folder 21
Oh raree shoe = Rare chose a voir = Chi vuol veder meraviglie,
circa 1950
Scope and Content Note
England; Mauron delin.; P. Tempest exc. No. 22. Color engraving.
box 1*, folder 22
Le Praxinoscope, jouet d'optique,
1879
Scope and Content Note
Framed print; 14x9.5cm. Cut from a French magazine.
box 1*, folder 22
Kaléidoscope [i.e. Zoetrope],
1880s-1890s
Scope and Content Note
France; Cambrai. Advertisement for la Chicorée Nouvelle, by Casiez-Bourgeois;
Titled mistakenly: Kaléidoscope. 10.2x6cm. Shows children playing with a zoetrope.
Lithograph.
box 1*, folder 23
Image Contre-Révolutionnaire: Silhouette de Louis XVI au menton du sans -
culotte,
1790s
Scope and Content Note
France. Etching; 20.5x13.5cm.
box 1*, folder 24
Art of Shadowgraphy : how it is done,
192?
Scope and Content Note
London; By Trewey; Print. Publi.d by Jordison & Co., Ltd., 40 Gerrard St.,
Shaftesbury Ave., W. and at Middlesbrough. 16pp. booklet; 22cm.
box 1*, folder 24
Chocolat de Beukelaer,
undated
Physical Description:
15
card(s)
Scope and Content Note
Advertising cards with silhouette figures, on black sheets of paper. From The
Netherlands?
box 1*, folder 25
Method of taking profiles,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Lavater Silhouettier-Stuhl. Engraving; 16.8x9.8cm.
box 1*, folder 25
Megalographie,
1870
Scope and Content Note
France; Testu & Massin, Paris. 3 chromolithographs showing the use of
megalographs. Advertisement cards "Au bon marche;" Aristide Boucicaut; 8x12cm.
box 71*
[Magic Lantern]
undated
Scope and Content Note
France; Pegard or Degard. Engraving, framed.
box 72**
La laterne magique,
1790
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 73**
L'optique,
1790s
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 74**
L'Amour couronn,
undated
Scope and Content Note
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
Physical Description:
3
items
oversize 1**
Schatten Projektionen : Ausstellung vom 3.
April bis 18. Mai 1993
oversize 1**
Was geschah wirklich zwischen den Bilder?
Physical Description:
2
copies
Series IB.
Vues d'optique and translucent prints,
circa 1700-1976
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 2*
Non-pricked vues d'optique,
circa 1700-1976
box 2*, folder 1
Vue de la Porte et Place Bourgogne sur le Port de la Ville de
Bordeaux,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Paris; chez J. Chereau, rue S.t Jacques. No.114; mounted on wood; color
engraving.
box 2*, folder 1
[Cityscape]
undated
Scope and Content Note
Representing a walled city by a river; On verso: hard to read handwritten
captions. Colored engraving; 17.5x26.3 cm.
box 2*, folder 2
Thuscana Visus,
undated
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 2*, folder 2
Prospectus Interior Ecclesiae S.ti Pauli in Roma = L'interieur de S.t
Paul de Rome, between
1740-1775
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 2*, folder 3
[Neoclassic fountain in foreground with palace in background]
1700s
Scope and Content Note
Blackened on frame, no caption visible; 26.5x36.5cm.
box 2*, folder 3
L'Eglise de St. Pierre a Rome,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Representing an entrance. Title handwritten on verso. 26x41.5cm.
box 2*, folder 4
Vue de l'hospital des enfants trouvés a Londres. The Foundling Hospital
of London, Act of Parl't
1 May 1756
Scope and Content Note
Paris; chez Basset, rue S. Jacques a S.e Genevieve. 30x43cm.
box 2*, folder 4
Netley Abbey,
undated
Scope and Content Note
London; Reeves & sons Cheapside & W. Morgan 64 Hutton. G. W.'s Dioramic
views: No.[3], number in pencil; l9.5x15 cm.
box 2*, folder 5
Mont Blanc,
1838 October 12
Scope and Content Note
London; published by Wm. Morgan, 25 Bart-letts Buildings, Holborn. No 16;
Morgan's Improved Protean Scenery; 17x25cm.
box 2*, folder 5
[Crystal palace]
1851 May
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 2*, folder 6
Thames Tunnel, London,
circa 1850
Scope and Content Note
England; London; publ. by William Spooner; 379 Strand. 15.5x24cm.
box 2*, folder 6
[Volcano]
undated
Scope and Content Note
Denmark; Alfred Jacobsen. No. 2; backlit translucent print; 31x37cm.
box 2*, folder 7
[Alchemist laboratory]
1976
Scope and Content Note
Denmark; Alfred Jacobsen. F456. Backlit translucent print; 27x39cm.
box 2*, folder 7
[Enchanted garden]
1976
Scope and Content Note
Denmark; Alfred Jacobsen. F440. Backlit translucent print; 27x39cm.
box 2*, folder 8
[Castle interiors]
1799 Feb 16
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 3
Pricked vues d'optique,
1740-1810
box 3, folder 1
Nan-hsiung,
circa 1750-1810
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 3, folder 2
Les pyramides de l'Egypte,
circa 1750-1810
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 3, folder 3
Prospectus majoris deambulatorii horti Vauxhall ab Introitu = La vue de
la Grande Allee du Jardin de Vauxhall prise de l'Entrée,
1740-1775
Scope and Content Note
Paris chez rue [St. Martin]. 24e Vue d'optique representant... 31x45cm.
box 3, folder 4
Palais du Rois de Pologne,
undated
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 3, folder 5
Pyrotechnicae repraesentationis splendidissimae typus = Réprésentation
d'un superbe feu d'artifice,
circa 1766-1790
Scope and Content Note
[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.
box 3, folder 6
[Prospectus magni mercatus versus Ecclesie B.B.M./ad Monachium. = Vue du
grand Marchè vers l'Eglise de Notre Dame a Mume]
undated
Scope and Content Note
[Bassano; Remondini]? Caption / title taken from Il Mondo Nuovo, p.228, Catalogo
Remondini. 30x45cm.
box 3, folder 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
Scope and Content Note
Paris; chez Daumont rue St. Martin. 28x44cm. See Box 2*, f.2 for a less fine copy
of this vue d'optique.
box 3, folder 8
Prospectus ecclesiae Sanctae Mariae Majoris,
undated
Scope and Content Note
View of the church in Rome. After Piranesi. 29x44cm.
box 3, folder 9
Theatre de Marcelluz a Rome: Vue du fameux Theatre de Marcelluz a
Rome,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Paris; chés Huquier fils, Graveur, rue St. Jacques. Etching; 28x44cm.
box 3, folder 10
L'amphitheatre de Rome,
circa 1750-1810
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 3, folder 11
Vue de la place St. Charles de Turin,
1740-1775
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 3, folder 12
Gezic[ht] [na de Ra]am Poort [te Am]sterdam = Vue de la Porte des Rame à
Amsterdam,
circa 1750-1810
Scope and Content Note
Amsterdam; by P. Fouquet junior; 29.5x44.5cm. Found in Catalogus 115 prenten
Amsterdam, p.19.
box 3, folder 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
Scope and Content Note
202; Etching; 30.5x43 cm.
box 3, folder 14
Winter gezigt van t'Hage: van de zyde van het westland,
1757
Scope and Content Note
Title handwritten on verso; date handwritten on piece. Iceskating scene.
30x44.5cm.
box 3, folder 15
Gesigt van de inside van de Kirck te Gouda,
circa. 1750-1810
Scope and Content Note
Title handwritten on verso; 29.5x44.5cm.
box 3, folder 16
Vue du Promontore du Bonne Esperance,
circa 1750-1810
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 3, folder 17
Banque des Marchands à Stockholm,
1755-1790
Scope and Content Note
[Augsburg; Academie imperiale d'Empire des arts liberaux...] Collection des
Prospects.; 29x44cm.
box 3, folder 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
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 3, folder 19
[Lightning and shipwreck]
circa 1750-1810
Scope and Content Note
30x42cm.
folder 4-5
Pin-pricked images,
1750-1851
Scope and Content Note
Composed entirely from pin-pricks unless otherwise noted.
box 4
[Flower bouquet]
undated
Scope and Content Note
Image à l'Aiguille. Produced in France. 36x23 cm.; on cream-colored paper.
box 4
[Bird]
undated
Scope and Content Note
Image à l'Aiguille. Produced in France. 14x22 cm.; on cream-colored paper.
box 5
[Man standing with stick and pitcher] or
1750 1780
Scope and Content Note
Pin-prick and watercolor drawing; in wooden frame with glass; 30x24.3cm.
box 5
Urania's mirror or, a view of the heavens; pictures of the
constellations,
1825
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 6
L'hiver et l'ete,
1851
Scope and Content Note
France; Lemaire. No. 69. 1 polyorama image, meant to be backlit, framed in wood
for support but without viewing device; 26x33.5 cm.
box 7
Polyorama images,
1851
Physical Description: 18 images
Scope and Content Note
France; Lemaire. 14.5x20cm.. Fragile: 1-11 in bad condition, some ripped. See Box
70** for viewer.
box 7
Le palais de Cristal Extérieur et Intérieur (Londres)
box 7
Place de la Concorde, Paris
box 7
Le nouveau parlement (Londres)
box 7
Chapelle de Holy-rood (Edimbourg): Exterieur et intérieur
box 7
Palerme : environs de Palerme
box 8
[Napoleon III]
1860s
Physical Description: 15.5x12.5cm.
Scope and Content Note
France. Lithophane picture.
See Box 63** for another example.
box 9
[Moonlight]
1830
Scope and Content Note
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
Scope and Content Note
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
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 10
Biedermeier cards,
between 1790-1820
Biedermeier cards (digitized version): 1790-1820
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 10
[Arcadian mythological scene depicting three female figures and a lyre
player, possibly Apollo]
Scope and Content Note
411. A fold-out window discloses a short Romantic poem. Engraving; 8.5x10cm.
[1]
box 10
[Neoclassical scene with two women and Eros]
Scope and Content Note
Cästrin Trowitz Sch.; 409. A fold-out window discloses a short romantic poem;
Engraving; 8.5x10cm. [2]
box 10
Die Vorsicht erhöret
Scope and Content Note
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]
box 10
[Garden feast and wine toss]
Scope and Content Note
A fold-out window discloses a short poem to wine and to the joys of life.
Engraving; 8x9.5 cm. [4]
box 10
[Scientist in his lab]
Scope and Content Note
Hand-drawn picture; fold-out window shows children looking inside the lab;
9x11cm. [5]
box 10
[Young lady with moveable flower bouquets]
Scope and Content Note
Nürnberg; bei Riedel; 185. Engraving; 7x8.5cm. [1]
box 10
[Family greeting card]
Scope and Content Note
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]
box 10
Ich habe dich so lieb
Scope and Content Note
Wien; bey H. F. Müller; No. 108.
Personal dedication in verso; 7x9cm. [3]
box 10
[Forget-me-not]
Scope and Content Note
Wien; bey H. F. Müller; No. 137. Flower vases display a pull-out window with
picture and caption; 7.5 x 9.5cm. [4]
box 10
[Guitar with pull-out song]
Scope and Content Note
Wien; bey H. F. Müller; No. 254. Family greetings in verso; 7.5 x 10cm. [5]
box 10
[Putti and goddess figure]
Scope and Content Note
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]
box 10
[Old woman turning into young lady]
Scope and Content Note
Wien; bey H. F. Müller; No. 399.
Friendship card; personal dedication in verso; 9 x 7.5cm. [7]
box 10
Alle haben masken vor dem Gesicht
Scope and Content Note
Wien; bey H. F. Müller; No. 124. Friendship card with carnival masks and caption;
7.5 x 9.5cm. [8]
box 10
[Man playing the harp, with pull-out image of woman
listening]
Scope and Content Note
Wien; b[ey] Ignaz Eder; No. 24. 11.5x9.5cm. [9]
box 10
[Country scene of man carrying a basket and a cord on his
back]
Scope and Content Note
With pull-out image of woman popping out of the cord; 9x7.5cm. [10]
box 10
[Winged putto on a cloud sending good wishes]
Scope and Content Note
Wien; Johann Neidl; No. 161. 9.5x7.2cm. [11]
box 10
Freude Glück und Wonne
Scope and Content Note
Wien; Johann Neidl; No. 261. Friendship greeting card with pull-out window which
shows little girl; 6.5x8.8cm. [12]
box 10
[Tower opening to a view of a young dancing lady]
Scope and Content Note
Peepshow-type card; 11.5x8.5cm. [13]
box 10
[Male hairdresser with Eros' attributes: wings and cloth around his
waist]
Scope and Content Note
Wien; Joh. Schönberg; No. 79. 10.3x7.5cm. [14]
box 10
Aus Achtung Pflicht und Dankbarkeit
Scope and Content Note
Wien; Anton Berka; No. 108. Thank you card; 107x8cm. [15]
box 10
Das Bild der frohen Zukunft giebt uns munser Kaiser Vater
Franz
Scope and Content Note
Wien; J. Adamek; 132. With pull-out window depicting allegories of religion,
agriculture, sea and trading, science and the arts; 10.5x8.5cm. [16]
box 10
[Young man turning into old man]
Scope and Content Note
Wien; bey A. Paterno.
Engraving; personal dedication in verso; 10.5x8.3cm. [17]
box 10
[Types by water mills]
Scope and Content Note
Wien; bey J. Bermann; No. 295. 7.5x9.4cm. [18]
box 10
[Bouquet of flowers hiding an angel]
Scope and Content Note
Augsburg; bey Antor Hauser; 62. Personal dedication in verso; 10.8x8cm. [19]
box 10
[Young woman lifting wreath of flowers]
Scope and Content Note
München; bei J. Sidler; 74. Personal dedication on verso; 10.3x8cm. [20]
box 10
[Countryside scene turning into an interior one with man playing
music]
Scope and Content Note
Prague; J. Seidan; N.o 41. 9.5x12.3cm. [21]
box 10
[Dutch example with personal dedications]
1796
Scope and Content Note
Netherlands. Hand-drawn water-color.
box 10
[Dutch example with personal dedications]
1800
Scope and Content Note
Netherlands. Hand-drawn water-color.
box 11
32 cards showing montage,
undated
box 11
[Coffee-grinder]
Physical Description: 3x9.5cm. [1]
box 11
[The black cat]
Scope and Content Note
The Netherlands. Flirtation; 15x9cm. [2]
box 11
Good old days
Scope and Content Note
Irenco Robert Bier AB; Bastugatan 43, 117 25 Stockholm; 08/69 10 12; Original
1909. Series Good Old Days # 271 [3]
box 11
[The glass of wine]
Scope and Content Note
Flirtation; foldable postcard; 14x9cm. [4]
box 11
Bestrafte Neugier!
Scope and Content Note
Foldable postcard; 14x9cm. [5]
box 11
[Romantic postcard]
Physical Description: 9x14cm. [6]
box 11
Es hat Alles zwei Seiten! Diese ist die andere
Physical Description: 9x14cm. [7]
box 11
St. Valentine's Hamper
Physical Description: 15.5x10cm. [8]
box 11
The lover's seat, A spoon 'neath the moon
Scope and Content Note
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]
box 11
Schnell photographie
Scope and Content Note
Magic photographie; 7.5x5cm. [10]
box 11
Guguss est mort, Guguss ressuscite
Scope and Content Note
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]
box 11
Le telephone bar
Scope and Content Note
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]
box 11
N'éveillez pas le chat qui dort
Scope and Content Note
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]
box 11
Instantaneas Metamorphosis 11 items
Scope and Content Note
No. 1-10 and one unnumbered. All 10.3x6.3cm. [14-24]
box 11
Walt Disney's book of puzzle discs,
circa 1950?
Scope and Content Note
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]
box 11
[Clown]
Scope and Content Note
Germany. Series 302. Game of metamorphosis in whcih the image changes by sliding
part of the card up and down (not functioning). 14x9cm. [26]
box 11
[Woman admiring flower]
Scope and Content Note
Germany. Series 303. Game of metamorphosis in which the image changes by sliding
part of the card up and down (not functioning). 14x9cm. [27]
box 11
Hony soit qui mal y pense mais faites attention commen ça va
Scope and Content Note
Postcard with sequenced story in pullout window; 9x14cm. [28]
box 11
La carte postale de 12,003 mots Pierre Raikoff
Physical Description: 14x9cm. [29]
box 11
[Hunting scene in three sequences]
Scope and Content Note
Signed A.B. Open: 10.5x22cm. [30]
box 11
[Adage about laurel on the hat]
Scope and Content Note
With pull-out window and verses in rhyme in German; 14x9cm. [31]
box 11
[Mothers-in-law]
Scope and Content Note
With pull-out window and verses in rhyme in German; 14x9cm. [32]
box 11
Funny Jungleland Moving-pictures,
1909
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 12-18
Liebig albums of advertising cards,
1800s
Physical Description:
7
album(s)
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 12
Album für Liebig-Bilder
Physical Description:
480
card(s)
5x32.5x24cm.
box 13
Album für Liebig-Bilder
Physical Description:
360
card(s)
60pp.,
4x32x24cm.
box 14
Album für Liebig-Bilder
Physical Description:
720
card(s)
7.5x32x24cm.
box 15
Liebig-Bilder Album
Physical Description:
300
card(s)
50pp.,
3.5x29x27.5cm.
box 16
Liebig-Bilder
Physical Description: circa 240pp., ca.1040 cards;
2x31.5x27.8cm.
box 17
Album für Liebig-Bilder
Physical Description:
528
card(s)
88pp.,4.5x34.5x31.8cm.
box 18
Album für Liebig-Bilder
Physical Description:
488
card(s)
78pp.,
4.5x31x28.5cm.
Series IIB.
Silhouettes,
1780-1980
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 19
Megalographs,
1780-1814
Scope and Content Note
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).
box 19
[Chocolat Guerin-Boutron] late
1800s
Scope and Content Note
France; Chocolats de qualité supérieure Guérin-Boutron; 29 Boulevard Poissonnière;
Paris; F. Champenoise. One megalographic card for advertisement of chocolate brand;
6.5x5.5cm.
box 19
[Portrait du comique prince] late
1800s
Scope and Content Note
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."
box 19
[Bust of woman]
circa 1980
Scope and Content Note
Germany; made by Werner Nekes for demonstration. One metal megalograph; made on a
brass leaf; 9.5x8cm.
Series IIC.
Transformative images,
1820-1920
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 20
Backlit postcards,
1890-1920
Scope and Content Note
129 translucent postcards of day-to-night scenes, arranged geographically. Produced
in Germany and France. Number of postcards of each topic noted in parenthesis.
box 20
German cities
Scope and Content Note
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).
box 20
Non-German cities
Scope and Content Note
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).
box 20
Miscellanea
Scope and Content Note
German military propaganda (8); New year's greeting card (1).
box 21
Polyorama discs
Scope and Content Note
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]
box 21
Spooner Protean prints,
1820-1840
Physical Description:
22
prints
Scope and Content Note
London; William Spooner; 377 Strand. Prints that change when held against a
light.
box 21
[A snow scene that, on being held before a strong light, changes to a
perspective of a tunnel]
Scope and Content Note
Spooner Protean view no. 2. Mounted on board; colored; 21x28.5cm.
box 21
St. George's Chapel Windsor Castel that changes to the splendid ceremony
of the interment of King William the Fourth London
Scope and Content Note
Spooner's Protean View no. 8; William Spooner; 377 Strand. 18x14cm.
box 21
[An Italian scene that changes to a moonlight view with a funeral
procession]
Scope and Content Note
Spooner protean view no. 9. Mounted on board; colored; 21x28.5cm.
box 21
[An Italian scene that changes to a moonlight view with a funeral
procession]
Scope and Content Note
Spooner protean view no. 9. Same as above; not colored; not mounted on board;
without backing tissue paper.
box 21
Green park
Scope and Content Note
Spooner protean view no.11. Title and series in pencil. mounted on board;
colored; 21x28.5cm.
box 21
An interior of a cathedral with the celebration of midnight
mass
Scope and Content Note
Spooner protean view no. 23. Not mounted; colored; 18.5x22.5
box 21
The new house of parliament, which seems to rise from the ruins and
conflagration of the old buildings
Scope and Content Note
Spooner protean view no. 25. Not mounted on board; not colored; 22x19cm.
box 21
St. Paul Cathedral shewing the booths of the city companies &
Christ's Hospital on the Queens visit to Guildhall
Scope and Content Note
Spooner protean view no. 26. Captions read: "Victoria our friend / Edward our
founder"; not mounted on board; not colored; 21.6x19.3cm.
box 21
Poet's corner, Westminster Abbey, changing to the shades of Shakespeare,
Scott & Byron
Scope and Content Note
Spooner protean view no. 29. Not mounted on board; colored; 22x19cm.
box 21
St. Jean d'Acri changing to the bombardment by the British & allied
fleet,
Nov.r 3.d 1840
Scope and Content Note
Spooner protean view no. 39; R. S. Harst, lith, 244 Strand. Ships names read:
Thunder, Phenix; not mounted on board; colored; 19x22.5cm.
box 21
Jordan
Scope and Content Note
Scriptural [protean view] no. 3; in pencil. Colored cutout; 15x18.3cm.
box 21
[The city of Jerusalem changing to the entry of Our Saviour]
Scope and Content Note
Scriptural protean view no. 4; by G. F. Bragg; Printed by W. Kohler. Not colored;
not cut out; 19x22cm.
box 21
[The city of Jerusalem changing to the entry of Our Saviour]
Scope and Content Note
[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.
box 21
Haverford Priory
Scope and Content Note
Spooner's transparencies no. 2. Mounted on cardboard; colored; 21x28.5cm.
box 21
Haddon Hall-Derbyshire
Scope and Content Note
Spooner's transparencies no. 6. Mounted on cardboard; colored; 21.5x28.5cm.
box 21
[Winter changing to summer]
Scope and Content Note
Mounted on cardboard; colored; 16x20cm.
box 21
Chartres cathedral
Scope and Content Note
Title in pencil; not mounted on cardboard; colored; 15.2x17.5cm.
box 21
[Coronation of queen]
Scope and Content Note
Not mounted on cardboard; colored; 18.5x14.3cm.
box 21
[Welcome V. R.]
Scope and Content Note
Banners in the scene read "Welcome V. R."; not mounted on cardboard; colored;
16.3x18.5cm.
box 21
[Night scene of church]
Scope and Content Note
Not mounted on cardboard; colored; 14x18cm.
box 21
[Tunnel changing to a celebration in a park]
Scope and Content Note
Unreadable caption in pencil; not mounted on cardboard; colored; 14x19cm.
box 21
[City scene]
Scope and Content Note
Not mounted on cardboard; colored; 12x17cm.
Series III.
Artifacts,
1700- circa 1980
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 22
Anamorphic pictures,
1700
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 23
Konus-spigel,
1700
Scope and Content Note
The Netherlands. Cone viewer for anamorphic images; 7.8x8.4 cm.; in original box.
box 24
Camera lucida = Chambre claire universelle,
undated
Scope and Content Note
With 12 lenses in box; 28x6x2.5 cm. box.
box 25
Nouvelle Chambre Claire Universelle,
undated
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 26
Lorrain mirror,
1800s
Scope and Content Note
German? Used by artists for translating colors into graded shades for drawing; also
reduces scale; 8x7x1.5 cm.
box 27
Box-form camera obscura,
1860
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 28**
Theatre de l'Univers,
circa 1750
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 29**
Zograscope,
circa 1750
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 30
Florentine / Tuscany pictorial stone,
undated
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 31
Friedr[ich] Protzen's Kupfer Schablonen,
1880
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 32
[Magnetic lottery]
1770
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 33
Polymorphoscope,
1840
Scope and Content Note
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].
box 34
Pop-out card game,
circa 1850-1890
Scope and Content Note
France. 16 cards show historical scenes with 8 pop-out holes which contain questions
and answers; 13x18.5cm.
box 35
Rebus game,
circa 1700-1750
Scope and Content Note
France. 23 playing cards illustrate rebus images, plus a card with explanations.
Original set of 24 cards, No. 19 missing; 11.5x8.2cm.
box 36
Myriorama,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Germany; Nürnberg; bei Fredrich Campe. 16 parts; Classical ruins landscape;
19.5x7cm.
box 37
Physionotrace,
circa 1800-1850
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 38
Comic metamorphoses for boys = Komisches Metamorphosenspiel für Knaben = Les
métamorphoses jeu comique pour les garçons = Komik. Verrandelings Spel voor
Jongens,
circa 1820
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 39
Spanish animation toy,
1890
Scope and Content Note
A man with a cane, made of metal stands balanced by a counterweight; 23.5x16cm.;
45cm. long.
box 40
Metamorphosis / Montage, Flip books,
1840
Physical Description:
2
book(s)
box 40
Klappbilderbuch so oder so,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Germany. 12. heitere Doppel-bilder gezeichnet v. Leo-nhardt Diefenbach u. a.
Kunstlern. 12 double pages; 18x21 cm.
box 40
Neues Verwandlungs-Bilderbuch : zur Unterhaltung und Belustingung der
heiteren Jugend mit sechs Doppelbildern in lithograph,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Farbendruck, Germany. Verlag von J. F. Shcreiber [sic]; Esslingen; Original
Steinzei-chnungen von Maler W. von Breitschwert.
Title page is a xerox; 27x22 cm.
box 40
Magic picture book = Bilder-Zauberei = Livre de la magie
graphique,
1860
Scope and Content Note
Germany; Nürnberg; D. u. V. v. Tauber & Geek. 12cm.
box 40
Novelty! Metamorphoses Picture-Book = Verwandlungs-Bilder-Buch = Nouveauté!
Livre de Metamorphoses,
1850
Scope and Content Note
Germany. Foldout in three parts with montage cutouts in the central section.
box 41
Paper overlays,
circa 1750-1790
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 42
[Portrait with costumes]
circa 1700
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 43
[Indian trades]
1820-1860
Scope and Content Note
11 mica overlays illustrate Indian trades 11.5x8 cm.; and 1 card; 11.5x7.5 cm.;
box 44
[Birds]
1800s
Physical Description: 1. 10.8x15.3cm.; (in bad
condition)2. 10.8x15 cm.; (in bad condition)3. 11x15.5 cm.; (in good
condition)
Scope and Content Note
English. 3 single mica cards depict birds
box 45
[Purse-shaped montage]
circa 1750-1790
Scope and Content Note
4 cards and portrait; military uniforms and ethnic costumes; 6.5x7 cm.; cards:
6.2x6.2 cm.
box 46**
Magic lantern slides,
undated
Physical Description:
18
slides
Scope and Content Note
#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.
box 46**
[Harlequin: 2 sequences]
Scope and Content Note
With French text written on slide.
box 46**
[Racial and ethnic types]
Physical Description:
2
slides
box 46**
[Cartoon depicting man smoking and causing an explosion]
Scope and Content Note
Numbered 5-8.
box 46**
[Boat at sea]
Scope and Content Note
Newton & Co. Opticians; Fleet St.; London.
box 46**
[Chromatrope]
Scope and Content Note
Newton & Co. Opticians; Fleet St.; London.
box 46**
[Two characters looking at each other]
box 46**
[Childrens' parade]
Scope and Content Note
Newton & Co. Opticians; Fleet St.; London.
box 46**
[Magician's tricks: 3 sequences]
box 46**
[Three landscapes]
Scope and Content Note
N.B., Black background is chipping.
box 46**
[Burlesque scene of man riding a donkey: 3 sequences]
box 46**
[Phantasmagoria: 3 sequences]
box 46**
[Caricatures and types]
Physical Description:
4
slides
box 47**
Praestantia,
circa 1885-1900
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 48
World of tomorrow : New York World's Fair 1789-1939,
1939
Scope and Content Note
Copyright by Elizabeth Sage Hare & Warren Chappeu. Proscenium plus 4 layers and
backdrop; 12.5x16.5x0.5 cm. (when folded).
box 48
Le petit chaperon rouge,
1939
Scope and Content Note
Paris; Au bon mar-ché; Maison Aristide Boucicaut. Small peepshow; color; N.B., 1
small figure has separated from the peepshow, included.
box 48
Mère du Sauveur, priez pour nous,
1939
Scope and Content Note
Paris; Villemur, éditeur; Rue de la Harpe, 55. Paper doily and peepshow with image
of the Madonna; pricked; 11.5x7 cm.
box 48
Nansen in the Polar regions,
1939
Scope and Content Note
Same as in Box 49 below; not mounted.
box 49
Three small peepshows,
1920s
Scope and Content Note
London, Paris, New York; Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd. Printed in Germany. Each
10x5x8.5 cm.
box 49
Nansen in the Polar regions
Scope and Content Note
See also Box 48.
box 49
Lake Lucerne, Switzerland.
box 50
[Religious festival]
circa 1830-1875
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 51
Engelbrecht perspective theaters: large format,
1700s
Physical Description:
7
theaters
Scope and Content Note
Most cited in La camera dei sortilegi, as noted.
box 51
[Praesentation einer Hirsch-Jagd]
Scope and Content Note
Series no. 14; sheets [89], 90-94; 5 parts and backdrop. Cfr. La camera dei
sortilegi, p. 60.
box 51
[Praesentation eines scharffen Rencontre]
Scope and Content Note
Series no. 18; sheets 114-118; 3 parts and backdrop. Cfr. La camera dei sortilegi,
p. 60.
box 51
Präsentation der Italiänischen Comödianten,
circa 1700
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 51
[Praesentation des Markus Platzes in Venedig]
Scope and Content Note
Series no. 35; sheets [225], [...], [...], [...], [231]; proscenium and 3 parts and
backdrop. Cfr. La camera dei sortilegi, p. 60.
box 51
Representation d'un joutte sur l'eau
Scope and Content Note
Alternate title: [Praesentation eines schönen Fischer Stechen]
Series no. 47; sheets ; 2 parts and backdrop. Cfr. La camera dei sortilegi, p.
61.
box 51
[Theater]
Scope and Content Note
Series no. 48; sheets 317, 319, 320, [321], [322]; proscenium and 4 parts and
backdrop.
box 51
[Der Bethlehemitische Kindermort]
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 52
Engelbrecht perspective theaters: medium format,
circa 1720
Physical Description:
12
theaters
Scope and Content Note
Theaters are partial, with pieces missing.
box 52
[Roman military camp]
circa 1720
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 52
[Channel with northern city in background]
Scope and Content Note
4 parts (2 missing). Cfr. La camera dei sortilegi, p.57.
box 52
[Court life]
Scope and Content Note
3 parts and backdrops.
box 52
[Villa with garden]
Scope and Content Note
1 part and backdrop.
box 52
[Kitchen interior]
Scope and Content Note
1 part and synthesis sheet.
box 52
[Village with ruins]
Scope and Content Note
3 parts and synthesis sheet; possibly part 2 belongs to a different set.
box 52
[Synagogue lectern]
Scope and Content Note
1 part.
box 52
[Joseph into the pit]
Scope and Content Note
2 parts.
box 52
[Daniel in the lions' den]
Scope and Content Note
1 backdrop.
box 52
[Christ's life]
Scope and Content Note
1 part and backdrop.
box 52
[Winter]
Scope and Content Note
1 part; copy of item #4 in Box 53, 3rd layer.
box 52
[Spring]
Scope and Content Note
2 parts and synthesis sheet; copy of item #1 in Box 53, layers 2 and 4.
box 53
The Four Seasons, Engelbrecht perspective theaters: medium
format,
circa 1720
box 53
[Spring]
Scope and Content Note
5 parts and backdrop.
box 53
Perspectivische Vortellung eines schönen Garten
Scope and Content Note
Summer. 5 parts and backdrop.
box 53
Perspectivische Vorstellung des Englischen Grüsses und der Heimsuchung
Maria
Scope and Content Note
Fall. Proscenium and 5 parts and backdrop.
box 53
[Winter]
Scope and Content Note
5 parts and backdrop.
box 54
Engelbrecht viewer,
1800s
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 55
Thaumatropes disks,
circa 1900
Physical Description:
5
disk(s)
Scope and Content Note
England. 6.4 cm. diam. each.
1-2. The juggler (2 copies); 3-4. Jack in the box (2 copies); 5. Get cracking
box 55
Jeu du Thaumatrope,
1890
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 56
Handle for Moving panorama
Scope and Content Note
Aka spindle doodle. Made by the repository to be used with panorama in Box 57
box 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
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 58
Ombres Chinoises,
1880
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 59
Wooden hand stereoscope,
1860s or later
Scope and Content Note
Holmes type, made in Germany? 19x32x10 cm.; lens 8x16 cm.
box 59
Stereoscopic cards
Physical Description:
2
card(s)
Scope and Content Note
When viewed through the stereoscope, the two parts of the image overlap, creating an
optical illusion.
box 59
[Cage and bird]
Scope and Content Note
Germany; Series no. 4.
box 59
[Man at table waiting to be served by woman who is entering the room with a
dish]
Scope and Content Note
London; William Spooner, 379 Strand; Series no 5. Caption: "Optical transpositions:
great expectations, a magic novelty for the stereoscope."
box 60
Stereo viewer for backlit images,
1880
Scope and Content Note
Brewster type, made in England. Wood; 11x17x15 cm.
box 61
Glass stereo slides,
1850s-1970s
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 61
(a) Austria, Bohemia, England, France
box 61
(b) Germany, Greece, Italy - art and architecture
box 61
(c) Italy - war, Middle East
box 61
(d) Spain, unidentified places
box 62
51 metal stereograph plates
Scope and Content Note
To be used in the column stereo-viewer as ballast [see Box 75**]. Not original Nekes'
material; 17x8.5 cm.
box 63**
Lithophanie lamp shade
Physical Description: Porcelain; 19.6x21.5 cm.
diam.
box 64**
Lithophanie lamp stem, silver,
Physical Description: 36x15 cm.brass; 21.5x14
cm.
box 65**
In excursion to London,
1880
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 66
Längenpanorama Reise von Hamburg nach Altona,
1823
Scope and Content Note
A panorama scroll, made in Germany. 8x492 cm.
box 66
Peter Suhrs, Panorama einer Reise von Hamburg nach Altona und
zurück,
1909
Scope and Content Note
Erklärt von Dr. J. Heckscher; mit 7 Abbildungen. Berlin W. 30; Hermann Barsdorf
Verlag; 1909. 136 pp.; 24x15.5 cm. Guidebook to a panorama.
box 67**
Voyage Où Il Vous Plaira,
1860
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 68**
Viewer for backlit prints,
circa 1750
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 69
Polyorama panoptique,
1850
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 69
Backlit prints,
1850
Physical Description:
4
items
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 70**
Polyorama panoptique et diagraphique pour dessiner d'apres
nature,
1851
Scope and Content Note
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.
box 75**
Wooden column stereo-viewer, late
1880s
Scope and Content Note
Made in France. Floor-standing. See Box 62** for metal plates to be used with
stereo-viewer for ballast.