1870s in animation

thumb|right|An 1879 illustration of a praxinoscope thumb|250px|A projecting praxinoscope, 1882 right|300px|thumb|The Théâtre Optique, 1892. This ultimate elaboration of the device used long strips with hundreds of narrative images.

thumb|200px|right|Black-and-white picture of a coloured zoopraxiscope disc, circa 1893 by Eadweard Muybridge and Erwin F. Faber thumb|200px|right|Black-and-white animation of a colored zoopraxiscope (without distortion, hence the elongated form)