The Philip Banham Collection of Optical Toys, Optical Prints and Stereoscopic including the Great Exhibition of 1851

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The Philip Banham Collection of Optical Toys, Optical Prints and Stereoscopic including the Great Exhibition of 1851

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An 18th century pencil 'puzzle picture' of a turning head illusion:, the landscape depicting figures and building with a ship of the line off sh...

Optical Illusion: a rare mid-eighteenth century tooled morocco hinged case (9 cm at widest point), containing three hand painted mica oval slides ...

Transformation View : hand coloured transformation print, 405 x 270 mm, unidentified European palace, hold to the light and the palace lights are ...

After Richard Brakenburgh (1650-1702) 'La Curiosite':, copper engraving depicting a group of children queuing to look in the showman's peep box, ...

An early 19th century thaumatrope of Napoleon Bonaparte:, with hat and coat to one side and face to the other, 7cm diameter, together with a recta...

Phenakistoscope:, a collection of three 7 inch 'magic discs' comprising a version of 'Ceres on a wheel' after 'Alph, Giroux et cie , Paris' circa...

A rare early 19th century 11 inch hand coloured zoetrope base card:, of sunburst pattern on a black ground.

Two early 19th century hand finished glass lantern slides:, an old farmer with horse and cart, the other of a black horse in a field, both in oak...

Coptographs or 'White Shadows':, one of a witch riding a broom inscribed 'Mother Shepton' , the other a portrait 'The Spartan Boy' 17.5cm x 24cm...

An early 19th century pencil rotating head illusion 'Lawyer & Client' :, depicting a smiling lawyer and unhappy client in a tricorn hat, 17.5cm x ...

An early 19th alabaster cylindrical 'peep' viewer:, the turned top with inset central magnifier over brass collared body, (lacking contents), 6cm...

A group of four early 19th century handmade scissor cut silhouette cards:, one of a travelling showman and his dog with stilt walkers in the dista...

A group of twenty-five early English stereoscope cards of GB topographical views:, including three cards of Suffolk by Cleer Sewell Alger of Diss,...

A group of eight surprise transformation tissue stereoscopic photograph cards with back lighting effects:, mainly day/night and fire transformat...

A group of twelve mid-19th century diapositive stereoscopic plates by Ferrier & Soulier and others:, including Bibliotheque du Vatican No 1 Rome,...

A group of twenty-five mid-19th century stereoscopic tissue cards including Diables:, depicting animal /human transformations, fantasies and socia...

A dispositive stereoscope plate of a Javanese Theatrical performance of Wayang (Shadow Puppets):, showing the theatre frame with musicians to one...

An early 19th century hand painted panoramic magic lantern slide:, depicting two figures on horseback being chased by a pig and piglet , a delive...

An early 19th century hand cut white paper coptograph ' The Saracens Head':, inscribed as per title to lower edge, in a later frame, 11cm high.

Peep View : ' The Interior of the Crystal Palace in London,' hand coloured engraving in four sections, concertina with one central peep hole, the ...

Great Exhibition 1851 a stereoscope photograph of 'The Greek Slave' marble statue by Hiram Powers:, 8.5cm x 17.4cm.*Notes The Greek Slave was th...

Two hand painted panoramic magic lantern slides of the Royal Carriage Procession to the opening of the Great Exhibition in 1851:, one depicting t...

Lot 67

Zoetrope.

Zoetrope. : A Victorian 'Wheel of Life' Zoetrope by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Co:, the 12 inch Russian lacquer drum with base card ...

Shadow Puppet. A Javanese 'wayang kulit' shadow puppet of Setyatid:, the hand coloured cut hide puppet with bamboo rods for articulated movement...

Glogau, Charles - Le Modele Feminin : 101 Etudes en Phototypie - photographic nude studies, faux leather boards, folio, a good example, c1880s.

Lithophane Light Box : large lithophane plaque 215 x 165 mm, set into a wooden box (converted to an electric lamp), depicting two grandly dressed ...

Stereo Viewer. : A black papier-mache Brewster style viewer, inlaid with mother of pearl, hinged front with ground glass screen.

Stereo Viewer. : A rosewood and brass Brewster pattern stereoscopic viewer, with hinged front with magnifier and ground glass screen.

Lot 96

Lithophane.

Lithophane. : A hand tinted lithophane depicting two ladies and a dog in a rural setting, 180 x 145 mm.

A French anamorphic print of Queen Victoria:, highlighted in colours, inscribed lower right 'Lith,Walter Fres.r. Paradis Pre 28'. 17cm x 20 cm, t...

A 19th century hand cut paper transformation silhouette of figures in boats on a lake:, brown and white paper layered to produce a day/night trans...

Lot 109

Wilson, G.

Wilson, G. W - Photographs of English and Scottish Scenery : Edinburgh - 12 original mounted photographs, org. green cloth, 4to, A. Marion, London...

A cased daguerrotype of a seated woman:, dressed in a white bonnet and black dress within an arched gilt frame in a red leather case, subject size...

Erotic Stereo Cards : Le Lever de la Parisienne', 6 tissue stereo cards in original box with printed paper label, B. K. Paris.

Erotic Stereo Cards : Fantasies Parisiennes, Vues Stereoscopiques - 6 tissue cards in original pictorial box, Paris.*Notes stereo striptease.

Judith Donald : hand tinted photograph, arched window mounted in an elaborate contemporary gilt frame, 1858.

A late 19th century glass plate negative of Queen Victoria by Hills & Saunders, London, circa 1880:, seated, dressed in white head dress and blac...

A group of six late 19th century glass plate negative portraits:, studio setting including three of a Miss Beauchamp and another of Miss Thurston...

An early 20th century Continental diapositive stereoscope plate of a female nude:, standing in a studio and holding a fringed shawl, 6cm x 12.8cm...

A rare late 19th century diapositive lantern slide of a Javanese (Wayang) Shadow Puppet Theatre troop:, circa 1870, the circular image showing the...

A group of twelve 19th century Tissue or French Tissue Stereoscope views:, including Une Maison a Paris pre 1861 'At the end of the corridor on t...

A late 19th century mahogany graphoscope:, with 3 3/4 inch magnifier over ebony mounted optics on a downswept base, 18cm x 27cm.

A collection of late 19th/early 20th century zoetrope cards:, various subjects including 'Nobody's little game', 'Steeple Chase', 'The Cure', 'Who...

A collection of approximately 180 stereoscope cards:, GB and foreign, including topographical, humour and other subject matter, also several Frenc...

A late 19th century portrait photograph on opaque glass:, of a woman looking to dexter, wearing a bonnet with a plume of feathers, dated lower lef...

Siamese Theatre:, an albumem print of a troop of actors in a Siamese Theatre, photographed by G R Lambert & Co, numbered '78' lower left, circa 18...

Three Kinora reels: comprising 'Harvest Time' (313), 'Coronation 1901' (351) and 'Vanishing Puppet' (209), in card cases, (3)

A tinplate 'Pocket Rotoscope' by The Rotary photographic Co, Ltd, London:, in the form of a miniature book, together with a collection of Rotosc...

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