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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Horse in Motion, (from The Attitude of..., 1881

Eadweard Muybridge

Horse in Motion, (from The Attitude of..., 1881

Sale Date: November 27, 2008

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Yosemite : view on the Merced River, looking , 1868

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Yosemite : view on the Merced River, looking , 1868

Sale Date: October 29, 2008

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Les forgerons (+ Le coureur; 2 works..., 1872–1885

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Les forgerons (+ Le coureur; 2 works..., 1872–1885

Sale Date: November 14, 2008

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Animal locomotion, 1887

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Animal locomotion, 1887

Sale Date: October 22, 2008

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Untitled, pl. 174 (+ 2 others; 3 works..., 1872–1885

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Untitled, pl. 174 (+ 2 others; 3 works..., 1872–1885

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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Untitled (pl. 771 from Animal Locomotion, An , 1887

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Untitled (pl. 771 from Animal Locomotion, An , 1887

Sale Date: September 14, 2008

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Untitled (pl. 463 from Animal Locomotion, An , 1887

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Untitled (pl. 463 from Animal Locomotion, An , 1887

Sale Date: September 14, 2008

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Untitled (Plate 539 from Animal..., 1872–1885

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Untitled (Plate 539 from Animal..., 1872–1885

Sale Date: September 6, 2008

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Horse in motion, pl. 620 (from The Animal..., 1887

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Horse in motion, pl. 620 (from The Animal..., 1887

Sale Date: June 11, 2008

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Man working, pl. 491 (from The Animal..., 1887

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Man working, pl. 491 (from The Animal..., 1887

Sale Date: June 11, 2008

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Hand with ball, pl. 534 (from The Animal..., 1887

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Hand with ball, pl. 534 (from The Animal..., 1887

Sale Date: June 11, 2008

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Animal Locomotion, 1872–1885

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Animal Locomotion, 1872–1885

Sale Date: May 22, 2008

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Animal locomotion, plate 53, 1887

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Animal locomotion, plate 53, 1887

Sale Date: May 31, 2008

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Animal locomotion, plate 174, 1887

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Animal locomotion, plate 174, 1887

Sale Date: May 31, 2008

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Animal locomotion, plate 98, 1887

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Animal locomotion, plate 98, 1887

Sale Date: May 31, 2008

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Group of 3 plates from Animal Locomotion, 1887

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Group of 3 plates from Animal Locomotion, 1887

Sale Date: May 15, 2008

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Untitled (2 works from Animal..., 1872–1885

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Untitled (2 works from Animal..., 1872–1885

Sale Date: May 21, 2008

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Untitled (2 works from Animal..., 1872–1885

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Untitled (2 works from Animal..., 1872–1885

Sale Date: May 21, 2008

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Animal locomotion (Ostrich running), pl. 773, 1887

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Animal locomotion (Ostrich running), pl. 773, 1887

Sale Date: April 28, 2008

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Attitude of animals in motion (plate 9), 1881

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Attitude of animals in motion (plate 9), 1881

Sale Date: April 28, 2008

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Selected images, animal locomotion (set of 40), 1887

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Selected images, animal locomotion (set of 40), 1887

Sale Date: April 11, 2008

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Sequential motion study, horse and rider, 1881

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Sequential motion study, horse and rider, 1881

Sale Date: April 8, 2008

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Untitled (pl.167 from Animal Locomotion), 1887

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Untitled (pl.167 from Animal Locomotion), 1887

Sale Date: March 4, 2008

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Animal locomotion (series of 30 from Animal..., 1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Animal locomotion (series of 30 from Animal..., 1887

Sale Date: June 2, 2006

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