Horses. Irregular – Antique Wall Art
![Horses. Irregular, [San Francisco] : Muybridge, c1881. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9e/9ebdfd8483ed-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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Plate 65 in Eadweard Muybridge's *The Attitudes of Animals in Motion* is labeled "Horses. Irregular," a title that points to an uneven gait rather than the smooth, regular movement shown in many of the other horse studies. Muybridge made these photographs at Palo Alto, California, in 1878 and 1879, working for Leland Stanford, who wanted to settle a public argument over whether a galloping horse ever has all four hooves off the ground at once. Muybridge's answer was a row of cameras fired in quick succession, which turned a single moment into a sequence of images. The albumen print, copyrighted in 1881, is one of the works that helped make motion studies a foundation of early cinema.
| 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. 65. 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 | 5,148 × 4,115 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226713 |
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