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Glass plate positive on a scanner bed showing three rows of small sequential photographs of a moving figure, with an orange mat behind.

Animal Locomotion, Series 1273, Plate 678 (Muybridge glass plate)

A glass plate positive rests on a gray scanner bed against an orange mat, showing three rows of small sequential frames. Faint figures in mid-motion appear across the frames, with a small central label and a color calibration strip at the left edge.

Artist
Muybridge
Date
Medium
glass (overall material) silver gel (overall material)
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of American History)
Size
4000 × 2660 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of American History) releases this image under CC0 (undated).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

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