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 78), 1887

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Animal Locomotion (Plate 78), 1887

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Animal Locomotion, Plates 257 and 580 (two..., 1887

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Animal Locomotion, Plates 257 and 580 (two..., 1887

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Animal Locomotion, 1887., 1887

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Animal Locomotion, 1887., 1887

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Animal Locomotion. Plate 3 (Man Walking), 1887

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Animal Locomotion. Plate 3 (Man Walking), 1887

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Tutokanula, Valley of the Yosemite, 1872

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Tutokanula, Valley of the Yosemite, 1872

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Tenaya Canyon, Valley of the Yosemite From..., 1872

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Tenaya Canyon, Valley of the Yosemite From..., 1872

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The High Sierra, From Glacier Rock', 1872

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The High Sierra, From Glacier Rock', 1872

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A selection of 4 plates from Animal Locomotion, 1887

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A selection of 4 plates from Animal Locomotion, 1887

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Lake Tenaya, Sierra Nevada Mountains, 1872

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Lake Tenaya, Sierra Nevada Mountains, 1872

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

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

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Animal Locomotion (10x), 1887

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Animal Locomotion (10x), 1887

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Animal Locomotion, Plates 225 and 361 (2..., 1887

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Animal Locomotion, Plates 225 and 361 (2..., 1887

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Animal Locomotion, Plate 133, 1887

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Animal Locomotion, Plate 133, 1887

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Animal Locomotion, an..., 1872–1885

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Animal Locomotion, an..., 1872–1885

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Selected Images from Animal Locomotion: An..., 1887

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Selected Images from Animal Locomotion: An..., 1887

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Running Horse and Rider (plates 159-160 , 1878–1879

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Running Horse and Rider (plates 159-160 , 1878–1879

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Animal Locomotion, Plate 133, 1887

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Animal Locomotion, Plate 133, 1887

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Selected images from "Animal Locomotion", 1884–1887

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Animal Locomotion, Plate 597, 1887

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Animal Locomotion, Plate 597, 1887

Sale Date: September 15, 2021

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Panoramic San Francisco, from California..., 1877

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Panoramic San Francisco, from California..., 1877

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Animal Locomotion, Planche 446, 1887

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Animal Locomotion, Planche 446, 1887

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SANS TITRE (ANIMAL LOCOMOTION - PLATE #166)..., 1887

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SANS TITRE (ANIMAL LOCOMOTION - PLATE #166)..., 1887

Sale Date: June 28, 2021

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Animal Locomotion (Plate 89), 1887

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Animal Locomotion (Plate 89), 1887

Sale Date: June 23, 2021

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Heaving a 20-lb. Rock. Plate 314, from the..., 1885

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Heaving a 20-lb. Rock. Plate 314, from the..., 1885

Sale Date: June 9, 2021

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