Lot Essay
Thomas Mann Baynes (1794-1854) was one of three illustrators working for the publisher Ackermann.
Details
T. M. BAYNES, London
A Fantascope phenakistiscope comprising six 10 inch diameter discs contained within a folder with printed Instructions for using Ackermann and Co.'s Fantascope, invented by Professor Plateau, of Brussels...July 1833 on folder interior, printed decorated label Fantascope by T. M. Baynes... and R. Ackermann, junr, 191 Regent Street label on folder exterior.
A Fantascope phenakistiscope comprising six 10 inch diameter discs contained within a folder with printed Instructions for using Ackermann and Co.'s Fantascope, invented by Professor Plateau, of Brussels...July 1833 on folder interior, printed decorated label Fantascope by T. M. Baynes... and R. Ackermann, junr, 191 Regent Street label on folder exterior.
Literature
David Robinson (1990), 'Animation. The first chapter 1833-1893' in Sight and Sound (November 1990), p. 251-254.
Further details
See illustration