page_title: The Horse in Motion
hierarchical_section_title: The Horse in Motion
caption_attribution_description: English: Muybridge, Eadweard,, 1830-1904,, photographer. The Horse in motion. "Abe Edgington," owned by Leland Stanford; driven by C. Marvin, trotting at a 2:24 gait over the Palo Alto track, 15th June 1878 c1878. 1 photographic print on card&#160;: albumen. Notes: Title from item. Description of each frame on verso. "Morse's Gallery, 417 Montgomery St., San Francisco." "Automatic Electro-photograph." Photograph with twelve frames showing motion of a race horse harnessed to a sulky. Exhibited: "Moving Pictures&#160;: The Un-easy Relationship between American Art and Early Film" at the Williams College of Art, MA, and other venues, 2005-2007. Subjects: Animal locomotion--1870-1880. Harness racing--California--Palo Alto--1870-1880. Horses--California--Palo Alto--1870-1880. Format: Card photographs--1870-1880. Motion study photographs--1870-1880. Albumen prints--1870-1880. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.05952 Call Number: LOT 3081 [item]
context_page_description: The Horse in Motion is a series of cabinet cards by Eadweard Muybridge, including six cards that each show a sequential series of six to twelve "automatic electro-photographs" depicting the movement of a horse. Muybridge shot the photographs in June 1878. An additional card reprinted the single image of the horse "Occident" trotting at high speed, which had previously been published by Muybridge in 1877.
  The series became the first example of chronophotography, an early method to photographically record the passing of time, mainly used to document the different phases of locomotion for scientific study. It formed an important step in the development of motion pictures.
  Muybridge's work was commissioned by Leland Stanford, the industrialist, former Governor of California and horseman, who was interested in horse gait analysis.
context_section_description: The Horse in Motion is a series of cabinet cards by Eadweard Muybridge, including six cards that each show a sequential series of six to twelve "automatic electro-photographs" depicting the movement of a horse. Muybridge shot the photographs in June 1878. An additional card reprinted the single image of the horse "Occident" trotting at high speed, which had previously been published by Muybridge in 1877.
  The series became the first example of chronophotography, an early method to photographically record the passing of time, mainly used to document the different phases of locomotion for scientific study. It formed an important step in the development of motion pictures.
  Muybridge's work was commissioned by Leland Stanford, the industrialist, former Governor of California and horseman, who was interested in horse gait analysis.
caption: "Abe Edgington," owned by Leland Stanford; driven by C. Marvin, trotting at a 2-24 gait over the Palo Alto track, 15th June, 1878
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