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Call Number:

PH-00295

Collection Name:

Eadweard Muybridge Photography Collection

Creator:

Muybridge, Eadweard (1830 - 1904)

Wilson, George Washington (1823 - 1893)

No. of Items:

19 items

Span Dates:

1872-1913

Description:

The collection consists of 19 photographs by Eadweard Muybridge (American, born England, 1830-1904). Descriptions follow.

Copy-negatives (cellulose nitrate sheet film) made from Muybridge originals that date between 1883 and 1887. Reference contact prints made from these negatives are available for viewing. Descriptive titles follow.
964:0786:0001 -- [Females (Nude) -- stooping, lifting a handkerchief and turning;
964:0786:0002 -- [Miss Lely Walking & picking up ball;
964:0786:0003 -- [Miss C. Aimer stumbling and falling forward;
964:0786:0004 -- [Females (Nude) -- arising from kneeling and turning;
964:0786:0005 -- [Miss Aimer kneeling down & rising;
964:0786:0006 -- [Miss Aimer climbing to top of [trestle] and jumping over;
964:0786:0007 -- [Miss Aimer crawling on hands and knees;
964:0786:0008 -- [Females (Nude) -- walking on hands and feet;
964:0786:0009 -- [Females (Nude) -- arising from the ground with a pamphlet in left hand;
964:0786:0010 -- [Girl (Spastic gait) walking (clinical);
964:0786:0011 -- [Miss Lanigan putting on shoe;
964:0786:0012 -- [Miss Epler walking and turning;
964:0786:0013 -- [Miss Epler posing;
964:0786:0014 -- [Miss Epler lying down and rising;
964:0786:0015 -- [Males (Nude) -- various poses.

Lantern slides made from Muybridge's negatives and published by George Washington Wilson (Scottish, 1823-1893), circa 1872:
964:0890:0001 -- At the Wharf, San Francisco;
964:0890:0002 -- Polished glacier bed and large erratics, Tenaya, Yosemite;
964:0890:0003 -- Mammoth tree in Mariposa Grove, California;
964:0890:0004 -- Eroded Sandstone Pillars, Colorado.

Accession No(s):

964:0786:0001-0015; 964:0890:0001-0004; Purchase, 1963

Location(s):

Copy negatives for 964:0786:0001-0015
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G. W. Wilson Box 1 Lantern Slides (964:0890:0001-0004)
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Curatorial permission required Cold storage (nitrate negatives 964:0786:0001-0015)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	Muybridge, Eadweard (1830 - 1904)
Title	Females (Nude) -- stooping, lifting a handkerchief and turning
Date	between 1883 and 1887
Medium	Nitrate negative
Dimensions	5.4 x 16.2 cm; 2 1/10 x 6 2/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0786:0001

Artist/Maker	Muybridge, Eadweard (1830 - 1904)
Title	[Miss Lely Walking & picking up ball]
Date	July 7, 1885
Medium	Nitrate negative
Dimensions	4.7 x 14.2 cm; 1 9/10 x 5 3/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0786:0002

Artist/Maker	Muybridge, Eadweard (1830 - 1904)
Title	[Miss C. Aimer stumbling and falling forward]
Date	July 11, 1885
Medium	Nitrate negative
Dimensions	10.1 x 8.8 cm; 4 x 3 1/2 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0786:0003

Artist/Maker	Muybridge, Eadweard (1830 - 1904)
Title	[Females (Nude) -- arising from kneeling and turning.]
Date	[between 1883 and 1887]
Medium	Nitrate negative
Dimensions	6.8 x 15.4 cm; 2 7/10 x 6 1/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0786:0004

Artist/Maker	Muybridge, Eadweard (1830 - 1904)
Title	[Miss Aimer kneeling down & rising]
Date	July 16, 1885
Medium	Nitrate negative
Dimensions	9.4 x 9.4 cm; 3 7/10 x 3 7/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0786:0005

Artist/Maker	Muybridge, Eadweard (1830 - 1904)
Title	Miss Aimer climbing to top of [trestle and jumping over
Date	18 July 1885 original, 1890s? negative
Medium	Nitrate negative
Dimensions	7.9 x 14.2 cm; 3 1/10 x 5 3/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0786:0006

Artist/Maker	Muybridge, Eadweard (1830 - 1904)
Title	[Miss Aimer crawling on hands and knees]
Date	July 21, 1885
Medium	Nitrate negative
Dimensions	7.5 x 16.1 cm; 3 x 6 3/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0786:0007

Artist/Maker	Muybridge, Eadweard (1830 - 1904)
Title	[Females (Nude) -- walking on hands and feet.]
Date	[between 1883 and 1887]
Medium	Nitrate negative
Dimensions	8.2 x 15.5 cm; 3 1/5 x 6 1/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0786:0008

Artist/Maker	Muybridge, Eadweard (1830 - 1904)
Title	[Females (Nude) -- arising from the ground with a pamphlet in lefthand.]
Date	[between 1883 and 1887]
Medium	Nitrate negative
Dimensions	9.2 x 11 cm; 3 3/5 x 4 3/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0786:0009

Artist/Maker	Muybridge, Eadweard (1830 - 1904)
Title	[Girl (Spastic gait) walking (clinical)]
Date	July 31, 1885
Medium	Nitrate negative
Dimensions	7.8 x 14.6 cm; 3 1/10 x 5 7/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0786:0010

Artist/Maker	Muybridge, Eadweard (1830 - 1904)
Title	[Miss Lanigan putting on shoe]
Date	August 1, 1885
Medium	Nitrate negative
Dimensions	7.3 x 14.9 cm; 2 9/10 x 5 9/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0786:0011

Artist/Maker	Muybridge, Eadweard (1830 - 1904)
Title	[Miss Epler walking and turning]
Date	September 17, 1885
Medium	Nitrate negative
Dimensions	8.5 x 11.9 cm; 3 3/10 x 4 7/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0786:0012

Artist/Maker	Muybridge, Eadweard (1830 - 1904)
Title	[Miss Epler posing]
Date	September 25, 1885
Medium	Nitrate negative
Dimensions	8.8 x 13.3 cm; 3 1/2 x 5 1/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0786:0013

Artist/Maker	Muybridge, Eadweard (1830 - 1904)
Title	[Miss Epler lying down and rising]
Date	October 16, 1885
Medium	Nitrate negative
Dimensions	5.3 x 15.2 cm; 2 1/10 x 6 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0786:0014

Artist/Maker	Muybridge, Eadweard (1830 - 1904)
Title	[Males (Nude) -- various poses]
Date	[between 1883 and 1887]
Medium	Nitrate negative
Dimensions	5.5 x 15 cm; 2 1/5 x 5 9/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0786:0015

Artist/Maker	Muybridge, Eadweard (1830 - 1904)
Title	At the Wharf, San Francisco
Date	circa 1872
Medium	Lantern slide
Dimensions	5.7 x 7.3 cm; 2 1/5 x 2 9/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0890:0001

Artist/Maker	Muybridge, Eadweard (1830 - 1904)
Title	Polished glacier bed and large erratics, Tenaya, Yosemite
Date	circa 1872
Medium	Lantern slide
Dimensions	7.5 x 7.5 cm; 3 x 3 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0890:0002

Artist/Maker	Muybridge, Eadweard (1830 - 1904)
Title	Mammoth tree in Mariposa Grove, California
Date	circa 1872
Medium	Lantern slide
Dimensions	7 x 6 cm; 2 4/5 x 2 2/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0890:0003

Artist/Maker	Muybridge, Eadweard (1830 - 1904)
Title	Eroded Sandstone Pillars, Colorado
Date	circa 1872
Medium	Lantern slide
Dimensions	7.2 x 6 cm; 2 4/5 x 2 2/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0890:0004

Request checked items:

Animal Locomotion: An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements, 1872-1885: Plates by Eadweard Muybridge: 121 collotypes

G. W. (George Washington) Wilson Photography Collection: 1 lantern slide (964:3360:0045, a second copy of this collection's 964:0890:0001)

Stereographs Photography Collection: 5 stereoscopic prints in the Sterograph Collection. [S1074 - S1078 = 964:0830:0001-0005]