Animal Locomotion Plate 457, glass plate positives

Two rows of small rectangular glass plate positives are mounted on a grey board, each showing a faint, dark-toned photographic image of a figure in motion against a pale background. Several plates are cracked, clouded or chipped at the edges, and a date stamp and plate number are printed in the lower right corner.

Artist

Muybridge

Date

late 19th century

Medium

glass (overall material)

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of American History)

Size

4000 × 2660 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History