Glass Plate Positive, Animal Locomotion Series 1448, Plate 405

A glass lantern slide sits on an orange mat within a pale blue frame, photographed under flat light. Its grid of rectangular panes shows a dark, grainy image in silvery gel, framed by a window-like pattern of wooden strips. The surface shows faint scratches and tape at the edges.

Artist

Muybridge

Date

Medium

glass (overall material) silver gel (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