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Nancy — The Automaton

Nancy is on Facebook, her name: «Nancy Animata» she welcomes friend requests! A late 19th century stage automaton, designed to be driven by a hand crank from under the stage.

She is larger than life. Made of Papier Mache, she moves her eyes, eyelids, head turn and nod, heaving chest, bend at waist, cross legs, both arms and right wrist.

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Magic Theatre AUTOMATON by Renou c.1880

A musical clockwork automaton with five dancing figures appearing behind the curtain in the Magic Theatre. Renou of Paris c.1880
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Автоматический и говорящий Алхимик:

«The Alchemyst’s Clocktower» Automaton by Thomas Kuntz

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‘The Writer’ Automaton

An astonishing 250 year old programmable automaton.
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«Memory Lane» by Mark Ryden

«Memory Lane» is an automaton diorama by Mark Ryden. Part of the exhibition «The Gay Nineties West» at Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles CA. May 3, 2014 to June 28, 2014.

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Joueuse de Tympanon — automate

La Joueuse de Tympanon est un automate du XVIIIe siècle, se trouvant aujourd’hui au Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers. Il a été restauré pour la 1ère fois par ROBERT-HOUDIN en 1864. This automaton was created in the 18th century and restored for the first time by ROBERT-HOUDIN in 1864.
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Demonstration of David Roentgen’s Automaton of Queen Marie Antoinette, The Dulcimer Player

Watch a demonstration of Queen Marie Antoinette’s Automaton playing one of eight melodies it can perform. 

David Roentgen (1743—1807) took his royal patron by surprise when he delivered this beautiful automaton to King Louis XVI for his queen, Marie Antoinette, in 1784. The cabinetry for this piece is very much a neoclassical masterwork, and the mechanism behind it is truly extraordinary: the figure strikes the strings in perfect rhythm with two small metal hammers held in her hands, which move with great precision.

This object is from Musée des arts et métiers de Paris and is on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in the exhibition Extravagant Inventions: The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens:

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