Animal Locomotion Plate 5, Muybridge glass plate positives

A grey wall-mounted frame holds many small glass plate positives in two rows, each showing a faint, pale figure against a dark ground. The plates sit in a grid of white mats, with a camera timestamp in the lower right and a cord hanging from the frame's base.

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