Title(s)

Portret van een jongen zittend achter een zoötroop
The Zoetrope (title on object)

Object type

• photomechanical print

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-462-7

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘This ingenious toy, which is perhaps better known as the wheel of life, was the forerunner of the cinematograph. The arrangement of the pictures will be seen from those lying upon the table. (See chap. iv.)’

Artist

• R. Brinkley & Son (mentioned on object)
• print maker: anonymous

Place

Glasgow

Dating

c. 1898 - in or before 1908

Material

• paper

Measurements

height 130 mm × width 89 mm

What

• other movable toys
• boy (child between toddler and youth)

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

Acquisition

purchase 2001

Copyright

Public domain

Is part of

• The romance of modern photography its discovery and its achievements (RP-F-2001-7-462)