Image: Optical Toy, Phenakistiscope Disc with Dancing Man, ca. 1835-Animated

Description: Paper disc with a hole in the center, 8 rectangular perforations evenly spaced along perimeter for viewing. In the outermost ring, several still images show a dancing man in oriental costume in various stages of a low squat. In the innermost ring, a sun with a face orbits around a planet, showing the stages of day and night. Closest to the central perforation is a ring of blue stars at various angles.
Title: Optical Toy, Phenakistiscope Disc with Dancing Man, ca. 1835
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