Horses. Irregular – Antique Wall Art
![Horses. Irregular, [San Francisco] : Muybridge, c1881. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/16/160795852393-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Plate 66 in Muybridge's book shows a horse in what the title calls an irregular gait, a sequence of positions set apart from the regular walk, trot, and gallop. The series was made at Palo Alto, California, in 1878 and 1879, where Muybridge used a row of cameras triggered by tripwires to freeze motion the eye could not follow. The work grew out of a bet by Leland Stanford, the railroad magnate and horse breeder, over whether all four hooves leave the ground at once during a gallop. Issued as an albumen print and copyrighted in 1881, these sequences became a foundation for motion study and early film.
| Created / published | [San Francisco] : Muybridge, c1881. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen. |
| Genre | and LC-USZC4-13695 for images of this index." |
| Notes | Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecutive positions assumed by animals in performing various movements; executed at Palo Alto, California, in 1878 and 1879, no. 66. Copyright 1881 by Edw. J. Muybridge. Title from Index to Illustrations" in book. |
| Subjects | Animal locomotion--California--Palo Alto--1870-1880. Horseback riding--California--Palo Alto--1870-1880. Horses--California--Palo Alto--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,110 × 4,088 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226714 |
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