Horses. Irregular – Antique Wall Art
![Horses. Irregular, [San Francisco] : Muybridge, c1881. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/32/3272c6646cb0-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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This rare historic photograph captures Horses. Irregular in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Few pictures in this set show a horse pulling a load, which is what sets this sheet apart. Eadweard Muybridge made it in Palo Alto, California, in 1878 and 1879, using a row of cameras with trip wires to capture rapid sequences of a moving animal. The plate was published in 1881 as number 5 in *The Attitudes of Animals in Motion*, where it was grouped with other studies of horses at work. Muybridge's sequences helped answer a long-running question about whether all four hooves leave the ground at once during a gallop, and his work became a foundation for motion pictures.
| 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. 5. Copyright 1881 by Edw. J. Muybridge. Title from Index to Illustrations" in book. |
| Subjects | Animal locomotion--California--Palo Alto--1870-1880. Pulling--California--Palo Alto--1870-1880. Horses--California--Palo Alto--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,137 × 4,104 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226654 |
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