Eadweard Muybridge

(American/British, 1830–1904)

Eadweard Muybridge was a British photographer known for his groundbreaking work in the field of motion-picture projection. Using multiple cameras, Muybridge famously captured the gait of a trotting horse, then with a device of his own invention, the zoopraxiscope, projected a moving image. “Only photography has been able to divide human life into a series of moments, each of them has the value of a complete existence,” the photographer once said. Born Edward James Muggeridge on April 9, 1830 in Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom, he emigrated to the United States at the age of 20. In 1855, he adopted the name Eadweard Muybridge as he believed it sounded more Anglo-Saxon. Having been in America for a decade, it was on his way to New York to sail back to England, that he suffered a serious head injury in a stagecoach accident. From 1862 and 1866, while recuperating in England, Muybridge taught himself several photography techniques. Set on making a living through photography, he returned to San Francisco in 1867. Here he successfully marketed large-scale photos of the Yosemite Valley, which gained him national attention. Through the 1870s and 1880s, while being tried for the murder of his wife’s lover, Muybridge perfected his photographic studies of animal locomotion. He was later acquitted of murder, on the grounds of justifiable homicide. Notably, the young painter Thomas Eakins worked as an assistant to Muybridge, during his time at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1894, he returned to England, and lived out his life lecturing throughout the country until his death on May 8, 1904 in Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom. Today, Muybridge’s works are held in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, among others.

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Bird in flight, 1887

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Bird in flight, 1887

Sale Date: April 19, 2016

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Fencers, 1887

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Fencers, 1887

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Woman skipping rope, 1887

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Woman skipping rope, 1887

Sale Date: April 19, 2016

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Animal Locomotion, plate 465, 1887, 1887

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Animal Locomotion, plate 465, 1887, 1887

Sale Date: April 17, 2016

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The Horse in Motion.

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The Horse in Motion. "Mahomet" owned by..., 1878

Sale Date: November 23, 2015

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Animal Locomotion, 1887

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Animal Locomotion, 1887

Sale Date: November 15, 2015

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ANIMAL LOCOMOTION, 1887

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ANIMAL LOCOMOTION, 1887

Sale Date: October 29, 2015

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Pandora jumping a hurdle, 1883

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Pandora jumping a hurdle, 1883

Sale Date: October 15, 2015

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A woman posing with a water urn, plates 516..., 1887

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A woman posing with a water urn, plates 516..., 1887

Sale Date: October 15, 2015

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Nude man swinging sledge hammer, plate 378..., 1887

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Nude man swinging sledge hammer, plate 378..., 1887

Sale Date: October 15, 2015

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Nude woman crawling and standing up, plate..., 1887

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Nude woman crawling and standing up, plate..., 1887

Sale Date: October 15, 2015

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Woman dressing, 1887

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Woman dressing, 1887

Sale Date: June 3, 2015

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Animal Locomotion: Plate 467 (child..., 1887

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Animal Locomotion: Plate 467 (child..., 1887

Sale Date: August 21, 2015

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Animal Locomotion, 1887

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Animal Locomotion, 1887

Sale Date: June 22, 2015

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Tenaya Canyon, Valley of the Yosemite (from..., 1872

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Tenaya Canyon, Valley of the Yosemite (from..., 1872

Sale Date: June 19, 2015

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Valley of the Yosemite, from Rocky Ford, 1872, 1872

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Valley of the Yosemite, from Rocky Ford, 1872, 1872

Sale Date: June 19, 2015

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Baboon walking, 1887

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Baboon walking, 1887

Sale Date: May 21, 2015

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Animal Locomotion, 1887

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Animal Locomotion, 1887

Sale Date: May 19, 2015

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Selected motion studies, 1887

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Selected motion studies, 1887

Sale Date: April 1, 2015

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Animal Locomotion, 1887 (16 works), 1887

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Animal Locomotion, 1887 (16 works), 1887

Sale Date: March 31, 2015

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Section of The Grizzly Giant, Mariposa..., 1872

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Section of The Grizzly Giant, Mariposa..., 1872

Sale Date: March 5, 2015

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Nude woman spinning with diaphanous cloth,..., 1887

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Nude woman spinning with diaphanous cloth,..., 1887

Sale Date: February 19, 2015

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Nude man swinging sledge hammer, plate 396..., 1887

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Nude man swinging sledge hammer, plate 396..., 1887

Sale Date: February 19, 2015

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Tutokanula, Valley of the Yosemite, (The..., 1872

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Tutokanula, Valley of the Yosemite, (The..., 1872

Sale Date: February 19, 2015

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