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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Eadweard Muybridge (842 results)
HUMAN MOTION STUDIES 1 ANIMAL MOTION STUDY, 1887

Eadweard Muybridge

HUMAN MOTION STUDIES 1 ANIMAL MOTION STUDY, 1887

Sale Date: April 22, 1994

Auction Closed

PLATE 598 FROM `ANIMAL LOCOMOTION' (HORSE..., 1887

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PLATE 598 FROM `ANIMAL LOCOMOTION' (HORSE..., 1887

Sale Date: November 21, 1993

Auction Closed

PLATE 683 FROM `ANIMAL LOCOMOTION' (RUNNING..., 1887

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PLATE 683 FROM `ANIMAL LOCOMOTION' (RUNNING..., 1887

Sale Date: November 21, 1993

Auction Closed

PLATE 688 FROM `ANIMAL LOCOMOTION' (DONKEY..., 1887

Eadweard Muybridge

PLATE 688 FROM `ANIMAL LOCOMOTION' (DONKEY..., 1887

Sale Date: November 21, 1993

Auction Closed

PLATE 344 FROM `ANIMAL LOCOMOTION' (BLACK..., 1887

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PLATE 344 FROM `ANIMAL LOCOMOTION' (BLACK..., 1887

Sale Date: November 21, 1993

Auction Closed

ANIMAL LOCOMOTION, PLATE 43, 1887

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ANIMAL LOCOMOTION, PLATE 43, 1887

Sale Date: November 16, 1993

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ANIMAL LOCOMOTION, PLATE 26, 1887

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ANIMAL LOCOMOTION, PLATE 26, 1887

Sale Date: November 16, 1993

Auction Closed

ANIMAL LOCOMOTION, PLATE 284, 1887

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ANIMAL LOCOMOTION, PLATE 284, 1887

Sale Date: November 16, 1993

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ANIMAL LOCOMOTION [MED: PHOTOGRAVEURES; DIM: , 1887

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ANIMAL LOCOMOTION [MED: PHOTOGRAVEURES; DIM: , 1887

Sale Date: October 20, 1993

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RIVER LANDSCAPE WITH OLD BRIDGE AND..., 1875–1876

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RIVER LANDSCAPE WITH OLD BRIDGE AND..., 1875–1876

Sale Date: October 20, 1993

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ANIMAL LOCOMOTION (MALE NUDES) [MED: , 1887

Eadweard Muybridge

ANIMAL LOCOMOTION (MALE NUDES) [MED: , 1887

Sale Date: October 20, 1993

Auction Closed

MAN RUNNING, 1887

Eadweard Muybridge

MAN RUNNING, 1887

Sale Date: October 9, 1993

Auction Closed

HUMAN LOCOMOTION [NR#: 168, 323, 354, 357,..., 1887

Eadweard Muybridge

HUMAN LOCOMOTION [NR#: 168, 323, 354, 357,..., 1887

Sale Date: October 8, 1993

Auction Closed

ANIMAL AND HUMAN LOCOMOTION [NR#: 85, 176,..., 1887

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ANIMAL AND HUMAN LOCOMOTION [NR#: 85, 176,..., 1887

Sale Date: October 8, 1993

Auction Closed

TENAYA CANYON, VALLEY OF THE YOSEMITE FROM UNION

Eadweard Muybridge

TENAYA CANYON, VALLEY OF THE YOSEMITE FROM UNION

Sale Date: October 8, 1993

Auction Closed

PI-WI-ACK. VALLEY OF THE YOSEMITE

Eadweard Muybridge

PI-WI-ACK. VALLEY OF THE YOSEMITE

Sale Date: October 7, 1993

Auction Closed

SELECTED ANIMAL LOCOMOTION STUDIES

Eadweard Muybridge

SELECTED ANIMAL LOCOMOTION STUDIES

Sale Date: October 7, 1993

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SELECTED ANIMAL LOCOMOTION STUDIES

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SELECTED ANIMAL LOCOMOTION STUDIES

Sale Date: October 7, 1993

Auction Closed

SELECTED ANIMAL LOCOMOTION STUDIES

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SELECTED ANIMAL LOCOMOTION STUDIES

Sale Date: October 7, 1993

Auction Closed

CAP OF LIBERTY - VALLEY OF THE YOSEMITE

Eadweard Muybridge

CAP OF LIBERTY - VALLEY OF THE YOSEMITE

Sale Date: October 7, 1993

Auction Closed

SELECTED ANIMAL LOCOMOTION STUDIES

Eadweard Muybridge

SELECTED ANIMAL LOCOMOTION STUDIES

Sale Date: October 7, 1993

Auction Closed

WILD CAT FALL - VALLEY OF THE YOSEMITE

Eadweard Muybridge

WILD CAT FALL - VALLEY OF THE YOSEMITE

Sale Date: October 7, 1993

Auction Closed

LAST VIEW FROM MARIPOSA ROAD, 1872

Attributed to Eadweard Muybridge

LAST VIEW FROM MARIPOSA ROAD, 1872

Sale Date: September 17, 1993

Auction Closed

PLATE 587 FROM ANIMAL LOCOMOTION, 1887

Eadweard Muybridge

PLATE 587 FROM ANIMAL LOCOMOTION, 1887

Sale Date: May 23, 1993

Auction Closed

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