Emile Reynaud

France

1879

9 1/2" x 101 1/4" x 14 1/2"

Cloth covered theatre. The moving images, reflected in mirrors, are viewed through the box cover to give the illusion of a theatre proscenium.

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Emile Reynaud

France

1879

9 1/2" x 101 1/4" x 14 1/2"

Wood theatre. The moving images, reflected in mirrors, are viewed through the box cover to give the illusion of a theatre proscenium.

0550

Ernst Plank

Germany

c. 1900

7 1/2" x 7 1/2" x 9 1/4"

This hand-cranked praxinescope theatre is styled after Emile Reynaud's theatre patented in 1877.

1294

Clussan-Lanauve

Watercolor

France

7" x 9"

1946

A sketch and subsequent cover for the Cannes International Film Festival of 1946.

0551