Accession No

4378

Brief Description

poster, by Robert W. Paul and David Allen and Sons, English, 1900 (c)

Origin

England; London; 17 Leicester Street

Maker

Paul, Robert W. David Allen and Sons

Class

prints

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

paper

Dimensions

width 1085mm; height 1540mm

Special Collection

Cambridge Instrument Company Collection

Provenance

Donated by the Cambridge Instrument Company.

Inscription

‘DEPICTED BY THE
ANIMATOGRAPHY
LIVING PHOTOS
BY
ROBT. W. PAUL.’
‘DAVID ALLEN & SONS LTD.
17 LEICESTER ST.
LONDON .W.
. HARLOW . BELFAST . MANCHESTER .
GLASGOW & DUBLIN (Copyright Regd.)’

Description Notes

Large poster, showing a man on horseback as an example of the photos to see through Paul’s animatograph. Possibly this instrument was similar to Paul’s ‘Theatrograph’, a kind of projector adaptable to any lantern. The first public demonstration of this machine was in 2-1896. He developed his interest in cinematography alongside his work in specialist scientific instruments with his New Southgate Instrument Making Co., but by 1910 he had become disillusioned with the showbusiness side and he returned to making specialist instruments. The amalgamation with C.S.I. came in 1919.

Complete.

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