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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Animal Locomotion, Plate 733, 1887

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Animal Locomotion, Plate 733, 1887

Sale Date: August 2, 2023

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Lions, 1887

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Lions, 1887

Sale Date: June 14, 2023

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Abe Edgington' Trotting at a 2:24 Gait over..., 1878

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Abe Edgington' Trotting at a 2:24 Gait over..., 1878

Sale Date: June 4, 2023

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Animal Locomotion

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Animal Locomotion

Sale Date: May 19, 2023

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PLATE 170 (FROM

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PLATE 170 (FROM "ANIMAL LOCOMOTION"), 1887, 1887

Sale Date: May 18, 2023

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Animal Locomotion, Volume VIII, Abnormal..., 1887

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Animal Locomotion, Volume VIII, Abnormal..., 1887

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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Panorama of San Francisco, from..., 1877

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Panorama of San Francisco, from..., 1877

Sale Date: May 2, 2023

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A selection of 4 plates depicting animals..., 1887

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A selection of 4 plates depicting animals..., 1887

Sale Date: April 27, 2023

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Works of the Panama Railroad Company., 1875

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Works of the Panama Railroad Company., 1875

Sale Date: April 27, 2023

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Ch Co's Wharf, Aspininua., 1875

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Ch Co's Wharf, Aspininua., 1875

Sale Date: April 27, 2023

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View of Yosemite Valley, 1868

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View of Yosemite Valley, 1868

Sale Date: April 20, 2023

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A selection of 4 plates from Animal..., 1887

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A selection of 4 plates from Animal..., 1887

Sale Date: February 23, 2023

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Animal Locomotion, 1887

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Animal Locomotion, 1887

Sale Date: February 10, 2023

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Animal Locomotion, 1887

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Animal Locomotion, 1887

Sale Date: February 10, 2023

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A pair of Eadweard Muybridge photographs, 1887

Eadweard Muybridge

A pair of Eadweard Muybridge photographs, 1887

Sale Date: February 8, 2023

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[WESTERN AMERICANA]. [MUYBRIDGE,..., 1870–1879

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[WESTERN AMERICANA]. [MUYBRIDGE,..., 1870–1879

Sale Date: November 3, 2022

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[WESTERN AMERICANA]. MUYBRIDGE, Eadweard..., 1877

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[WESTERN AMERICANA]. MUYBRIDGE, Eadweard..., 1877

Sale Date: November 3, 2022

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A selection of 5 plates from the pioneering..., 1887

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A selection of 5 plates from the pioneering..., 1887

Sale Date: October 20, 2022

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Motion Study, Horse and Rider, 1880

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Motion Study, Horse and Rider, 1880

Sale Date: October 12, 2022

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Animal Locomotion, Horse, 1881, 1881

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Animal Locomotion, Horse, 1881, 1881

Sale Date: October 6, 2022

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Animal Locomotion, Plate 257, 1887

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Animal Locomotion, Plate 257, 1887

Sale Date: September 14, 2022

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Moonlight Effect on the Truckee River

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Moonlight Effect on the Truckee River

Sale Date: June 21, 2022

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Plate 268 from

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Plate 268 from "Animal Locomotion", 1887, 1887

Sale Date: August 23, 2022

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Animal Locomotion: Plates 158, 160, &162, 1887

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Animal Locomotion: Plates 158, 160, &162, 1887

Sale Date: July 14, 2022

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