Two Kineograph Flicker Books

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
Made:
circa 1868 in England
inventor:
John Barnes Linnett
Flicker books (2): windmill, illustration in original patent Flicker books (2): windmill, illustration in original patent Flicker books (2): windmill, illustration in original patent Kineograph Flick Book Device

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Flicker books (2): windmill, illustration in original patent
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Flicker books (2): windmill, illustration in original patent
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Flicker books (2): windmill, illustration in original patent
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Kineograph Flick Book Device
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
Science Museum Group Collection

Flicker books (2): windmill, illustration in original patent, cover and 1st pages missing; dancing skeleton. Linnett's patent.

Flicker book, made in England, c. 1868.

Flicker books have a series of slightly different images in each pages, when flicked through quickly, the pictures appear animated. Although Pierre-Hubert Desvignes is usually credited with inventing the flicker book, John Barnes Linnett of London was the first to patent a design. These flicker books with designs of a dancing skeleton and a windmill are made to Linnett’s patent.

Details

Category:
Cinematography
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/7213
type:
flicker book
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford

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