Plans for the pavilion to exhibit the Panorama of Bahìa Blanca
Ink on drafting cloth
Augusto C. Ferrari, Buenos Aires, 1928
Coll. MNC - Ferrari Family donation
Archaeology of Cinema
The Archaeology of Cinema collection tells us about the spectacular universe that entertained audiences of all ages and social classes before the birth of the cinema: so many different stories that gave rise to a colourful, surprising and eccentric world reproduced through Chinese shadows, optical boxes, magic lanterns and subsequent devices to animate images. This universe is documented by a diverse collection that includes prints, paintings, and other rare iconographic exhibits. Following the footsteps of Maria Adriana Prolo, the Museum’s founder, we continued to enrich the original collection over the years. Two acquisitions are worth a particular mention: the collection of the twins John and William Barnes, one of Britain's most valuable private collections, and the collection of Pierre and Zette Levie, a Belgian couple united by the same passion for collecting.
Peepshow
Venice, 2nd half 18th century.
Piazza Navona in Rome
Optical view with night / day effect
Water-coloured etching, pierced by punchers and cut out by découpage technique. Finishing: at the back, black gouache finish and coloured paper inserts. Rue Saint Jacques, Paris, 1750-1800 ca.
Peepshow for perspective views
2nd half 18th century
Gemsen Jagd - Chamois hunting.
Perspective views. Small format, 7 sheets.
Hand-coloured etching. Martin Engelbrecht, Augsburg, 1st half 18th century.
Levie Fonds.
Polyorama panoptique
Small format.
Pierre Henri Armand Lefort, Paris, 2nd quarter 19th century.
Sinope – Désastre
View for Polyorama panoptique, small format.
Litograph and watercolour. France, post 1853.
Triunial - triple magic lantern for dissolving views
James Henry Steward, London, ca. 1890
Thaumatropes with riddle
Litograph and watercolour.
United Kingdom, ca. 1827.
Phenakistiscope disk
From a series of six. Hand-coloured litographJoseph Plateau, published by Ackermann & Co., London, 1833.
Zoetrope or Wheel of Life
The London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, London, ca. 1867.
Zoetrope band.
Hand-coloured lithograph.
The London Photographic & Stereoscopic Company, London, ca. 1870.
Praxinoscopes. Praxinoscope, miniature praxinoscope, crank handle praxinoscope, praxinoscope-théâtre. Émile Reynaud, Paris, 1878.
Prassinoscopes' images
Praxinoscope-théâtre's images