The Motograph moving picture book. / Illus. by F. J. Vernay, Yorick, &c. – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic image captures The Motograph moving picture book. / Illus. by F. J. Vernay, Yorick, &c. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Motograph moving picture book. / Illus. by F. J. Vernay, Yorick, &c.
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Few pieces of late-Victorian ephemera carry a more surprising signature than the cover of *The Motograph Moving Picture Book*, which was designed by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, the French painter best known for his posters of Paris cabarets and music halls. Published in London by Bliss, Sands in 1898, the small book was meant to be riffled so that its illustrations by F. J. Vernay and others seemed to move, and a transparent viewing screen let readers look at the pictures on the go. It appeared just as film was emerging as a popular entertainment. The book was later shown in the Williams College of Art exhibition *Moving Pictures*, which explored the uneasy relationship between American art and early film.
| Created / published | London, Bliss, Sands, 1898. |
|---|---|
| Genre | and other venues |
| Notes | Cover design specially drawn for the book by H. de Toulouse Lautrec." Transparent screen for viewing the pictures in pocket. Exhibited: "Moving Pictures : The Un-easy Relationship between American Art and Early Film" at the Williams College of Art |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,943 × 2,440 px · prints to 6 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-225528 |
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