Series I. Prints, circa 1700-1996
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Series IA. Prints depicting optical devices and optical phenomena, 1700-1996
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[Engraving about anamorphosis after J. Holbein painting], circa 1850
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[2 prints about anamorphosis], 1753
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Le Verre, 1850s-1870s
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Das Ballongespenst, 1889?
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[Color wood engraving with 12 scenes], 1800s
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[Camera lucida], 1800s
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Catoptrics: plate CXXVIII, circa 1800
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El progreso científico; El Fotófono : Aparatos Para "oir la luz" y "ver el sonido, 1890
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Whoever makes a design without the knowledge of perspective will be liable to such obscurities as are shown in the print, 1700s
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L' Electricité, undated
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En l'an 2000, circa 1900
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Mr. & Mrs. Caudle during the various curtain lectures, 1800s
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Carriage at pleasure, 1860
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Naturspiele: Dendriten and Florentiner Ruinen-Marmor, 1700s
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Constructions Petit, 1870s?
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[Cut-out shapes for children] undated
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Decoraciones de Teatro, 1840
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Decoraciones de teatro de casa rustica #1007
Decoraciones de teatro: Bastidores #1020
Decoraciones de teatro de sala #1020
Galerie Militaire Française Rébus Images, circa 1800
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[Robertson Lantern], 1840
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3 color greeting cards that depict magic lanterns, circa 1900
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[Magic lantern show and turning pictures], 1900s
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Geistererscheinung auf der Bühne, 1864
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Reproduction photographischer Depeschen durch die Laterna magica während der Belagerung von Paris, 1877
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La Lanterne Magique : Diogène faisant voir la lanterne magique à Alexandre, circa 1850
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Laterna magica : zauberbilder, circa 1900
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La lanterne magique, 1800s
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La foire = Der Jaarmarkt, 1700s
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[Trades and occupations including man with a portable peepshow], 1800s
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[Chinese peep box], 1800s
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Southwark Fair, 1796
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Oh raree shoe = Rare chose a voir = Chi vuol veder meraviglie, circa 1950
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Le Praxinoscope, jouet d'optique, 1879
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Kaléidoscope [i.e. Zoetrope], 1880s-1890s
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Image Contre-Révolutionnaire: Silhouette de Louis XVI au menton du sans - culotte, 1790s
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Art of Shadowgraphy : how it is done, 192?
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Chocolat de Beukelaer, undated
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Method of taking profiles, undated
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Megalographie, 1870
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[Magic Lantern] undated
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La laterne magique, 1790
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L'optique, 1790s
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L'Amour couronn, undated
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Posters advertising an exhibition and a film by Werner Nekes, 1993-1996
Schatten Projektionen : Ausstellung vom 3. April bis 18. Mai 1993
Was geschah wirklich zwischen den Bilder?
Series IB. Vues d'optique and translucent prints, circa 1700-1976
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Non-pricked vues d'optique, circa 1700-1976
Vue de la Porte et Place Bourgogne sur le Port de la Ville de Bordeaux, undated
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[Cityscape] undated
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Thuscana Visus, undated
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Prospectus Interior Ecclesiae S.ti Pauli in Roma = L'interieur de S.t Paul de Rome, between 1740-1775
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[Neoclassic fountain in foreground with palace in background] 1700s
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L'Eglise de St. Pierre a Rome, undated
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Vue de l'hospital des enfants trouvés a Londres. The Foundling Hospital of London, Act of Parl't 1 May 1756
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Netley Abbey, undated
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Mont Blanc, 1838 October 12
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[Crystal palace] 1851 May
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Thames Tunnel, London, circa 1850
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[Volcano] undated
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[Alchemist laboratory] 1976
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[Enchanted garden] 1976
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[Castle interiors] 1799 Feb 16
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Pricked vues d'optique, 1740-1810
Nan-hsiung, circa 1750-1810
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Les pyramides de l'Egypte, circa 1750-1810
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Prospectus majoris deambulatorii horti Vauxhall ab Introitu = La vue de la Grande Allee du Jardin de Vauxhall prise de l'Entrée, 1740-1775
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Palais du Rois de Pologne, undated
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Pyrotechnicae repraesentationis splendidissimae typus = Réprésentation d'un superbe feu d'artifice, circa 1766-1790
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[Prospectus magni mercatus versus Ecclesie B.B.M./ad Monachium. = Vue du grand Marchè vers l'Eglise de Notre Dame a Mume] undated
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St. Paul de Rome. The inside of S Pauls Church in Rome = Vue interieur de l'Eglise de S Paul de Rome, 1740-1775
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Prospectus ecclesiae Sanctae Mariae Majoris, undated
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Theatre de Marcelluz a Rome: Vue du fameux Theatre de Marcelluz a Rome, undated
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L'amphitheatre de Rome, circa 1750-1810
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Vue de la place St. Charles de Turin, 1740-1775
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Gezic[ht] [na de Ra]am Poort [te Am]sterdam = Vue de la Porte des Rame à Amsterdam, circa 1750-1810
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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
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Winter gezigt van t'Hage: van de zyde van het westland, 1757
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Gesigt van de inside van de Kirck te Gouda, circa. 1750-1810
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Vue du Promontore du Bonne Esperance, circa 1750-1810
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Banque des Marchands à Stockholm, 1755-1790
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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
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[Lightning and shipwreck] circa 1750-1810
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Pin-pricked images, 1750-1851
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[Flower bouquet] undated
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[Bird] undated
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[Man standing with stick and pitcher] or 1750 1780
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Urania's mirror or, a view of the heavens; pictures of the constellations, 1825
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Polyorama images, 1851
L'hiver et l'ete, 1851
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Le palais de Cristal Extérieur et Intérieur (Londres)
Place de la Concorde, Paris
Salle de l'Opera a Paris
L'hiver et l'eté
Charing Cross
Temple - Bar Londres
Le nouveau parlement (Londres)
Le beau temps et l'Orage
La tour de Londres
Versailles
La messe de minuit
La messe de minuit
S.t Bavon à Gand
Chemin de Fer
Londres et le tunnel
Palais Royal
Chapelle de Holy-rood (Edimbourg): Exterieur et intérieur
Champs Elysées à Paris
Palerme : environs de Palerme
[Moonlight] 1830
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Series II. Cards and small printed items, circa 1750-1980
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Series IIA. Cards, circa 1750-1950
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Biedermeier cards, between 1790-1820
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Fold-out cards:
[Arcadian mythological scene depicting three female figures and a lyre player, possibly Apollo]
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[Neoclassical scene with two women and Eros]
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Die Vorsicht erhöret
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[Garden feast and wine toss]
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[Scientist in his lab]
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Pull-out windows:
[Young lady with moveable flower bouquets]
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[Family greeting card]
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Ich habe dich so lieb
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[Forget-me-not]
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[Guitar with pull-out song]
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[Putti and goddess figure]
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[Old woman turning into young lady]
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Alle haben masken vor dem Gesicht
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[Man playing the harp, with pull-out image of woman listening]
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[Country scene of man carrying a basket and a cord on his back]
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[Winged putto on a cloud sending good wishes]
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Freude Glück und Wonne
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[Tower opening to a view of a young dancing lady]
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[Male hairdresser with Eros' attributes: wings and cloth around his waist]
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Aus Achtung Pflicht und Dankbarkeit
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Das Bild der frohen Zukunft giebt uns munser Kaiser Vater Franz
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[Young man turning into old man]
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[Types by water mills]
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[Bouquet of flowers hiding an angel]
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[Young woman lifting wreath of flowers]
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[Countryside scene turning into an interior one with man playing music]
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Hand-made cards:
[Dutch example with personal dedications] 1796
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[Dutch example with personal dedications] 1800
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32 cards showing montage, undated
[The black cat]
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Good old days
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[The glass of wine]
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Bestrafte Neugier!
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The lover's seat, A spoon 'neath the moon
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Schnell photographie
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Guguss est mort, Guguss ressuscite
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Le telephone bar
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N'éveillez pas le chat qui dort
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Instantaneas Metamorphosis 11 items
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Walt Disney's book of puzzle discs, circa 1950?
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[Clown]
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[Woman admiring flower]
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Hony soit qui mal y pense mais faites attention commen ça va
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[Hunting scene in three sequences]
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[Adage about laurel on the hat]
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[Mothers-in-law]
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Funny Jungleland Moving-pictures, 1909
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Liebig albums of advertising cards, 1800s
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Album für Liebig-Bilder
Album für Liebig-Bilder
Album für Liebig-Bilder
Liebig-Bilder Album
Album für Liebig-Bilder
Album für Liebig-Bilder
Series IIB. Silhouettes, 1780-1980
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Megalographs, 1780-1814
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[Chocolat Guerin-Boutron] late 1800s
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[Portrait du comique prince] late 1800s
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[Bust of woman] circa 1980
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Series IIC. Transformative images, 1820-1920
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Backlit postcards, 1890-1920
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German cities
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Non-German cities
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Miscellanea
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Polyorama discs
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Spooner Protean prints, 1820-1840
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[A snow scene that, on being held before a strong light, changes to a perspective of a tunnel]
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St. George's Chapel Windsor Castel that changes to the splendid ceremony of the interment of King William the Fourth London
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[An Italian scene that changes to a moonlight view with a funeral procession]
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[An Italian scene that changes to a moonlight view with a funeral procession]
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Green park
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An interior of a cathedral with the celebration of midnight mass
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The new house of parliament, which seems to rise from the ruins and conflagration of the old buildings
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St. Paul Cathedral shewing the booths of the city companies & Christ's Hospital on the Queens visit to Guildhall
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Poet's corner, Westminster Abbey, changing to the shades of Shakespeare, Scott & Byron
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St. Jean d'Acri changing to the bombardment by the British & allied fleet, Nov.r 3.d 1840
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Jordan
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[The city of Jerusalem changing to the entry of Our Saviour]
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[The city of Jerusalem changing to the entry of Our Saviour]
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Haverford Priory
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Haddon Hall-Derbyshire
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[Winter changing to summer]
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Chartres cathedral
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[Coronation of queen]
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[Welcome V. R.]
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[Night scene of church]
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[Tunnel changing to a celebration in a park]
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[City scene]
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Series III. Artifacts, 1700- circa 1980
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Anamorphic pictures, 1700
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Konus-spigel, 1700
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Camera lucida = Chambre claire universelle, undated
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Nouvelle Chambre Claire Universelle, undated
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Lorrain mirror, 1800s
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Box-form camera obscura, 1860
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Theatre de l'Univers, circa 1750
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Zograscope, circa 1750
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Florentine / Tuscany pictorial stone, undated
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Friedr[ich] Protzen's Kupfer Schablonen, 1880
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[Magnetic lottery] 1770
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Polymorphoscope, 1840
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Pop-out card game, circa 1850-1890
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Rebus game, circa 1700-1750
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Myriorama, undated
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Physionotrace, circa 1800-1850
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Comic metamorphoses for boys = Komisches Metamorphosenspiel für Knaben = Les métamorphoses jeu comique pour les garçons = Komik. Verrandelings Spel voor Jongens, circa 1820
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Spanish animation toy, 1890
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Metamorphosis / Montage, Flip books, 1840
Klappbilderbuch so oder so, undated
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Neues Verwandlungs-Bilderbuch : zur Unterhaltung und Belustingung der heiteren Jugend mit sechs Doppelbildern in lithograph, undated
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Magic picture book = Bilder-Zauberei = Livre de la magie graphique, 1860
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Novelty! Metamorphoses Picture-Book = Verwandlungs-Bilder-Buch = Nouveauté! Livre de Metamorphoses, 1850
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Paper overlays, circa 1750-1790
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[Portrait with costumes] circa 1700
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[Indian trades] 1820-1860
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[Purse-shaped montage] circa 1750-1790
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Magic lantern slides, undated
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[Cartoon figures]
[Harlequin: 2 sequences]
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[Racial and ethnic types]
[Cartoon depicting man smoking and causing an explosion]
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[Boat at sea]
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[Chromatrope]
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[Two characters looking at each other]
[Childrens' parade]
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[Magician's tricks: 3 sequences]
[Three landscapes]
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[Burlesque scene of man riding a donkey: 3 sequences]
[Phantasmagoria: 3 sequences]
[Village fair]
[Caricatures and types]
Praestantia, circa 1885-1900
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Paper peep shows, 1939
World of tomorrow : New York World's Fair 1789-1939, 1939
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Le petit chaperon rouge, 1939
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Mère du Sauveur, priez pour nous, 1939
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Nansen in the Polar regions, 1939
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Three small peepshows, 1920s
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Nansen in the Polar regions
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Mount Vesuvius, Italy
Lake Lucerne, Switzerland.
[Religious festival] circa 1830-1875
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Engelbrecht perspective theaters: large format, 1700s
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[Praesentation einer Hirsch-Jagd]
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[Praesentation eines scharffen Rencontre]
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Präsentation der Italiänischen Comödianten, circa 1700
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[Praesentation des Markus Platzes in Venedig]
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Representation d'un joutte sur l'eau
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[Theater]
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[Der Bethlehemitische Kindermort]
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Engelbrecht perspective theaters: medium format, circa 1720
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[Roman military camp] circa 1720
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[Channel with northern city in background]
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[Court life]
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[Villa with garden]
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[Kitchen interior]
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[Village with ruins]
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[Synagogue lectern]
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[Joseph into the pit]
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[Daniel in the lions' den]
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[Christ's life]
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[Winter]
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[Spring]
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The Four Seasons, Engelbrecht perspective theaters: medium format, circa 1720
[Spring]
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Perspectivische Vortellung eines schönen Garten
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Perspectivische Vorstellung des Englischen Grüsses und der Heimsuchung Maria
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[Winter]
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Engelbrecht viewer, 1800s
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Thaumatropes disks, circa 1900
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Jeu du Thaumatrope, 1890
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Handle for Moving panorama
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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
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Ombres Chinoises, 1880
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Wooden hand stereoscope, 1860s or later
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Stereoscopic cards
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[Cage and bird]
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[Man at table waiting to be served by woman who is entering the room with a dish]
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Stereo viewer for backlit images, 1880
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Glass stereo slides, 1850s-1970s
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(a) Austria, Bohemia, England, France
(b) Germany, Greece, Italy - art and architecture
(c) Italy - war, Middle East
(d) Spain, unidentified places
51 metal stereograph plates
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In excursion to London, 1880
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Längenpanorama Reise von Hamburg nach Altona, 1823
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Peter Suhrs, Panorama einer Reise von Hamburg nach Altona und zurück, 1909
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Voyage Où Il Vous Plaira, 1860
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Viewer for backlit prints, circa 1750
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Polyorama panoptique, 1850
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Backlit prints, 1850
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Polyorama panoptique et diagraphique pour dessiner d'apres nature, 1851
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Wooden column stereo-viewer, late 1880s
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