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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Plate 520 from: Animal Locomotion

Eadweard Muybridge

Plate 520 from: Animal Locomotion

Sale Date: September 10, 2013

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Plate 599 from: Animal Locomotion

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Plate 599 from: Animal Locomotion

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Plate 63 from: Animal Locomotion

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Plate 63 from: Animal Locomotion

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Untitled Plate 616 (from Animal Locomotion), 1887

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Untitled Plate 616 (from Animal Locomotion), 1887

Sale Date: June 13, 2013

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Panorama of San Francisco (from California..., 1877

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Panorama of San Francisco (from California..., 1877

Sale Date: June 8, 2013

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Animal Locomotion, An Electro-Photographic..., 1887

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Animal Locomotion, An Electro-Photographic..., 1887

Sale Date: May 17, 2013

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Schaknastie Jim's Camp in the Lava Beds;..., 1872

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Schaknastie Jim's Camp in the Lava Beds;..., 1872

Sale Date: May 10, 2013

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Animal locomotion, pl. 391, 1887

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Animal locomotion, pl. 391, 1887

Sale Date: April 26, 2013

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Animal Locomotion, pl. 190, 1887

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Animal Locomotion, pl. 190, 1887

Sale Date: April 26, 2013

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Animal Locomotion, pl. 172, 1887

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Animal Locomotion, pl. 172, 1887

Sale Date: April 26, 2013

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Equestrian * Lion and mate (2 works from..., 1887

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Equestrian * Lion and mate (2 works from..., 1887

Sale Date: April 18, 2013

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Walking man (from Animal Locomotion), 1887

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Walking man (from Animal Locomotion), 1887

Sale Date: April 18, 2013

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Animal Locomotion, pl. 531, 1887

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Animal Locomotion, pl. 531, 1887

Sale Date: April 4, 2013

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Statue To Columbus -Aspinwall, 1877

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Statue To Columbus -Aspinwall, 1877

Sale Date: March 20, 2013

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Horse and Rider, (from Attitudes of Animals..., 1881

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Horse and Rider, (from Attitudes of Animals..., 1881

Sale Date: April 4, 2013

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Animal Locomotion plate #327: Rowling, 1887

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Animal Locomotion plate #327: Rowling, 1887

Sale Date: February 16, 2013

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Animal Locomotion, plate 617, 1887

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Animal Locomotion, plate 617, 1887

Sale Date: February 16, 2013

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Circus equestrian (from Animal Locomotion,..., 1887

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Circus equestrian (from Animal Locomotion,..., 1887

Sale Date: December 11, 2012

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Animal Locomotion, 1887

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Animal Locomotion, 1887

Sale Date: December 2, 2012

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Animal Locomotion, plate 532, 1887

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Animal Locomotion, plate 532, 1887

Sale Date: December 13, 2012

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Animal Locomotion, An Electro-Photographic...

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Animal Locomotion, An Electro-Photographic...

Sale Date: November 23, 2012

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Man carrying a ball pl.26 (from The Animal..., 1887

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Man carrying a ball pl.26 (from The Animal..., 1887

Sale Date: December 5, 2012

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Plate 481 - little girl with doll, from..., 1887

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Plate 481 - little girl with doll, from..., 1887

Sale Date: October 29, 2012

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Animal Locomotion, pl. 727 (Lion et lionne), , 1887

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Animal Locomotion, pl. 727 (Lion et lionne), , 1887

Sale Date: November 9, 2012

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