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[Horse in motion, jumping] – Vintage Wall Art

[Horse in motion, jumping], c1887. — historic photograph
[Horse in motion, jumping], c1887.. Historic photograph from the Horses collection.

(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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Step back in time with [Horse in motion, jumping], a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Two frames from a single plate show a horse in mid-jump, with the animal's body and legs caught at successive instants. The image comes from Eadweard Muybridge's photographic studies of animal movement, which he made with rows of cameras triggered in quick succession so that each exposure recorded a brief moment of motion. Muybridge's sequences, published in the late 1880s, were meant to show what the eye could not clearly see, such as the exact positions of a horse's legs during a leap. The record's details about the plate number and caption are unverified, but the sequence reflects the period's interest in measuring and studying animal locomotion.

Created / publishedc1887.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesDetail (2 frames) of motion picture still plates photographed and copyrighted by Eadweard Muybridge. Plate 640. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Animal locomotion; Horses...; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 967 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-133763

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