H.G. Clarke & Co, The thaumatrope, an optic wonder, [ca. 1868]
- Title(s):
- The thaumatrope, an optic wonder.
- Published/Created:
- [London] : E.S. Windsor, counters 149 & 150, Soho Bazaar, kinder garten toys and scraps, [ca. 1868]
- Physical Description:
- 12 cards ; each 8 x 12 cm, in box 9 x 13 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsQP495 .H4 FlatYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon FundView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/16370823
- Classification:
- Three-Dimensional Artifacts
- Notes:
- The present set was probably first sold by H.G. Clarke & Co. (from 1868); advertisements for Clarke's "Parlour games and pastimes" still appear on a printed label on the bottom of the original box. On the box top, a label for E.S. Windsor has been placed over the earlier imprint of Clarke. Presumably Windsor acquired remaindered copies.
The 12 cards depict: a hound chasing a hare; a donkey and fowl; a bull chasing a man across a field; a handsome cab and horse; a cat jumping from a bag held by a magician; a boy tossed by a donkey; a cat and dog in a stand off; a woman and pig; a dove and a wicker cage; a jockey an his mount; a swallow flying to its nest; a tailor riding on the back of a goose. - Form/Genre:
- Lithographs.
Thaumatropes.
Hand coloring. - Export:
- XML