Double amputation of thighs; boy
Photograph
1887 (photographed)
1887 (photographed)
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Object details
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| Additional title | Animal Locomotion (plate 538) (series title) |
| Materials and techniques | Collotype |
| Brief description | 19thC; Muybridge E, Boy without legs gets on & off chair |
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| Object history | Eadweard Muybridge is most famous for his split-second studies of motion which began in 1872 with an attempt to capture the movement of a galloping horse. By 1877 he had developed a technique to place 12 cameras in a row to capture each stage of the horse’s movement. His books Animal Locomotion and The Human Figure in Motion made systematic studies of movement, and inspired artists in the twentieth century such as Francis Bacon. Later Muybridge experimented with a device to create moving images from still photographs, making him a pioneer of cinematography. |
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| Accession number | PH.1052-1889 |
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| Record created | July 28, 2003 |
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