Horses. Walking – Historic Reproduction
![Horses. Walking, [San Francisco] : Muybridge, c1881. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/94/94c706a6abcb-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. Walking in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Among the many horse studies here, this plate shows a horse named in its caption as Abe Edington, moving at a plain walk. Leland Stanford had Muybridge photograph his horses at Palo Alto in 1878 and 1879 to settle whether a horse ever has all four feet off the ground. The sequence was published in 1881 as number 8 in *The Attitudes of Animals in Motion*. Its slow, even gait breaks the motion into small steps, which is why the series is often counted as a forerunner of 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. 8. Abe Edington" written below photograph. Copyright 1881 by Edw. J. Muybridge. Title from "Index to Illustrations" in book. |
| Subjects | Animal locomotion--California--Palo Alto--1870-1880. Carriages & coaches--California--Palo Alto--1870-1880. Walking--California--Palo Alto--1870-1880. Horses--California--Palo Alto--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,137 × 4,082 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226657 |
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