Animal Locomotion Plate 546, glass positives in storage tray

Twenty small rectangular glass plates sit in two rows within a pale blue-grey mount, each showing a faint dark photographic image of a figure in motion. Thin silvery sheen and scratches are visible across the glass, and a date stamp reads 12.12.2019 at lower right.

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