Les Anamorphoses (Anamorphosis) optical toys with viewing cylinder

France, c. 1865

Object On display
Photograph by Egmont Contreras, ACMI.

Set of 9 French original print anamorphic art images cylindrical hidden pictures

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Collection

Not in ACMI's collection

On display until

16 February 2031

ACMI: Gallery 1

Credits

creator

Walter Frères

publisher

Jullien

Production places
France
Production dates
c. 1865

Appears in

Group of items

Anamorphic drawings

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

AEO174930

Curatorial section

The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Pictures → MI-02. Play and Illusion → MI-02-C02

Measurements

viewing cylinder: 124 x 25 x 25mm; prints: 170 x 205mm each

Object Types

3D Object

Optical Toy

Materials

metal; hand-colored lithograph on paper

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