Institution

Ajuntament de Girona

Object description:

Zoetrope. Drum (30 cm diameter x 21 cm height) with 13 slots for the effect of shutter ( 7. 5 cm). Black metal drum with three thin gold stripes. Includes wooden black stand. Builder: Borràs. It was ivented by W. G. Horner in 1834 and inspired by the phenakistiscope. It had the advantage of allowing various people to see the moving image at the same time. It consisted of a metallic or cardboard drum with various vertical slots cut into it that rotated horizontally around a pivot mounted on a solid base. The zoetrope had a series of longitudinal paper strips on the perimeter of the drum going to halfway up its height. Set inside the drum and viewed from the outside through the slots while it turned, it gave the sensation of continuous movement of the image. The images on the strips were simple drawings that showed the different steps of a movement.

Object/Work type:

zoetropes

Location:

Gerona - Spain

Object measurements:

38,5 x 30 x 30 cm; 30 cm.

Production

Borràs (manufacturer);Horner, W.G. (inventor)

Subject/theme:

toys, visual arts

Resource

Rights Type: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ 

Date Taken: 1996

Record

Rights Type: CC0

Source: Ajuntament de Girona

Identifier: MC-MP00983-1