A metal-cased filoscope with printed kinetic photographic subject titled Skirt Dance by Sisters Hengler, with title sheet, picture sheets numbered 1-159 and metal case ink stamped on reverse Manufactured by license from the Mutoscope & Biograph Syndicate Ltd for the United Kingdom.

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A metal-cased filoscope with printed kinetic photographic subject titled Skirt Dance by Sisters Hengler, with title sheet, picture sheets numbered 1-159 and metal case ink stamped on reverse Manufactured by license from the Mutoscope & Biograph Syndicate Ltd for the United Kingdom.

Literature

Barnes. (1983). The Rise of the Cinema in Great Britain. Volume 2, Jubilee Year 1897, p. 12, 14, 16, 229.

Lot Essay

This filoscope uses a Paul film titled Sisters Hengler, specialite dancers of c.January 1897. Examples exist in the Barnes Collection and former Kodak Museum collection now at the NMPFT, Bradford.

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