Skeleton of horse. Running. Leaving the ground – Vintage Print
![Skeleton of horse. Running. Leaving the ground, [San Francisco] : Muybridge, c1881. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/75/75905c273dca-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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Skeleton of horse. Running. Leaving the ground
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A horse's skeleton is shown mid-stride, with all four hooves lifted clear of the ground, a moment the eye could not catch at speed. Eadweard Muybridge made the photographs at Palo Alto, California, in 1878 and 1879, working for Leland Stanford, the former governor and racehorse owner who wanted to settle whether a galloping horse ever has all its feet off the ground at once. The series was published in 1881 as *The Attitudes of Animals in Motion*, where this image appears as plate 197. It is an early step toward the motion pictures that followed.
| Created / published | [San Francisco] : Muybridge, c1881. |
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| 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. 197. Copyright 1881 by Edw. J. Muybridge. Title from Index to Illustrations" in book. |
| Subjects | Running--California--Palo Alto--1870-1880. Skeletons--California--Palo Alto--1870-1880. Animal locomotion--California--Palo Alto--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,181 × 4,115 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226806 |
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