Animal Locomotion, Series 1516.L, Plate 345 (Muybridge)

A mounted glass plate positive shows a row of sequential photographic frames on a dark ground, each capturing a pale figure caught mid-movement in a series of stages. The plate sits centered on a rust-red mat within a light gray frame, with a small label at the lower right.

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