Slits Collection

Tutbury Castle
Queen Marys Tower, Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned in 1569. Built by Henry de Ferrers (1070s), later owned by Wulfric Spot

Hurstmonceaux Castle
Situated on the edge of the Pevensey Levels, Sussex, the magnificent Hurstmonceaux Castle was built in 1450, one of the finest red brick fortresses in Britain

Politics!
This sketch shows a band of what must be criminals, terrorising a community, some are pinning women to the floor, while another slits the throat of a lady on the left, under the title of politics

A rotating zootrope : the image seen through the slits as the drum spins give the illusion of movement. Date: 1881

Portrait of a young man in intricate deer-leather
Portrait of a young man after an oil painting in Hollenzollern Castle, Zigmaringen, 1558. The deer leather jacket, silk sleeves and trousers are decorated with fine slits and points

Malaysia - tapping rubber trees Date: circa 1920s

State Habits of C14Th
State Habits: cote-hardie with fitchets & long tippets to the sleeves, sideless surcote worn over a kirtle, tabard style sleeveless surcote with side slits. 14th century

Rotary Zootrope
A rotary zootrope : the images on the disc, seen through the slits, give the illusion of movement. Date: 1882

Newark Castle, Notts. dating from the 12th century, in which King John is reputed to have died in 1216. Withstood 3 sieges in the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Date: 12th century

Phanakistoscope
Plateaus Phenakistoscope - a variant of the zootrope, in which the images, seen through slits, seem to move when the disc is rotated

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