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1878

Palo Alto, California

The horse in motion as shown by instantaneous photography BHL19590543

The horse in motion as shown by instantaneous photography BHL19590543 — Palo Alto, California

The horse in motion as shown by instantaneous photography, with a study on animal mechanics founded on anatomy and the revelations of the camera, in which is demonstrated the theory of quadrupedal locomotion.

Photograph by Muybridge, Eadweard; Stillman, J. D. B.

The Horse in Motion

The Horse in Motion is a series of cabinet cards by Eadweard Muybridge, including six cards that each show a series of six to twelve "automatic electro-photographs" depicting successive phases in the movement of a horse, shot in June 1878. An additional card reprinted the single image of the horse "Occident" trotting at high speed, which had already been published in 1877.

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Part of the Motion Studies