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Eadweard Muybridge's Animal Locomotion

Prints from Eadweard Muybridge. From Animal Locomotion. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1887. Collotypes. Approx. 19 1/8 x 24 1/8 (paper size), 13 1/2 x 19 5/8 (image size). Pencil inscriptions, unless noted otherwise. Professionally conserved. Very good condition unless noted otherwise. Ref.: Frizot, p. 247

Eadweard Muybridge (1830- 1904) is widely considered to be one of the most influential photographers in the study of motion. The English born Muybridge traveled to California around 1852. His early romantic views of the west gained him enough acclaim to be appointed the Director of Photographic Surveys for the United States government. Because the capturing of these grand western vistas required Muybridge to use huge glass collodion-treated plates, he was approached by ex-California governor Leland Stanford to photograph his beloved horse. The principal purpose was to settle a wager based on the positioning of a horse's legs in the action of trotting, the question being whether all four hooves came off the ground at the same time. After a few unsuccessful attempts, Muybridge managed to set up a battery of cameras enabling him to record split second movements. His continuing work with animals and models in motion eventually led to his invention of the "zoopraxiscope," a moving picture machine that showed a rapid succession of images. Throughout the 1880s Muybridge lectured in America and abroad. With the help of Thomas Eakins, he found sponsors at the University of Pennsylvania and there Muybridge continued his work, taking thousands of locomotion studies of men, women, children, animals and birds. The results were published in a epic portfolio of 781 folio prints after his photographs, Animal Locomotion. Muybridge's motion studies are considered to be a critical step in the evolution of photography to motion pictures.

Horses

* indicates images that show four hooves off the ground

Pl. 568 Hauling, Billy $600
Pl. 577 Walking, saddle, Clinton $750
Pl. 581 Walking, bareback (no inscription) $1,200
Pl. 593 Racking, saddle, Pronto* $1,500
Pl. 598 Trotting, saddle, Daisy $1,200
Pl. 599 Trotting, bareback, Dusel $600
Pl. 602 Trotting, bareback, rider #43, Smith $1,400
Pl. 603 Trotting, saddler, rider #43, Smith $1,400
Pl. 609 Trotting, sulky, Katydid $1,400
Pl. 616 Canter, saddle, rider #106, Daisy* $1,550
Pl. 617 Canter, bareback, rider #106, Clinton* (several tears in margins) $1,400
Pl. 630 Gallop, saddle, Pandora* $1,300
Pl. 636 Jumping a hurdle, saddle, Daisy $1,400
Pl. 637 Jumping a hurdle, saddle, preparing for the leap, Daisy $1,400
Pl. 640 Jumping a hurdle, saddle, bay horse, Daisy $1,400
Pl. 647 Jumping a hurdle, bareback rider #105, Pandora, (rider is Rush Shippen Huidekoper, first dean of veterinary medicine at University of Pennsylvania) $1,250

Female Models

Pl. 41 Walking, flirting a fan $900
Pl. 72 Running, leading child, hand in hand $800
Pl. 181. Stepping over hurdle, viewed from right, front & back $750
Pl. 295 Lawn tennis serving $700
Pl. 421 Waving scarf, viewed from right, front & back $900
Pl. 462 Water glass, spilling then drinking, viewed from right, front & back $850
Pl. 481 Little girl walking (no inscription) $600
Pl. 513 Getting on and off table, #7 $800

Male Models

Pl. 152 Jumping, running straight high jump, #37 $700
Pl. 381 Laying brick $700

Miscellaneous Animal

Pl. 721 Lion walking $550

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