Horses. After leaping a 3 ft. 6 hurdle – Historic Reproduction
![Horses. After leaping a 3 ft. 6 hurdle, [San Francisco] : Muybridge, c1881. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/fc/fc926dc72feb-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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Horses. After leaping a 3 ft. 6 hurdle comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Horses. After leaping a 3 ft. 6 hurdle
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A horse clears a hurdle three feet, six inches high in this albumen print, one of the plates Eadweard Muybridge made at Palo Alto, California, in 1878 and 1879. The series grew out of a question posed by Leland Stanford, the former California governor and racehorse breeder, who wanted to know whether a galloping horse ever has all four hooves off the ground at once. Muybridge published the plates in 1881 as *The Attitudes of Animals in Motion*, and his rapid sequences of animals in midair helped lay the groundwork for the motion pictures shown on this board.
| 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. 51. Copyright 1881 by Edw. J. Muybridge. Title from Index to Illustrations" in book. |
| Subjects | Animal locomotion--California--Palo Alto--1870-1880. Jumping (Horsemanship)--California--Palo Alto--1870-1880. Horses--California--Palo Alto--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,111 × 4,094 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226700 |
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