The Horse in Motion
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The Horse in Motion is a series of cabinet cards by Eadweard Muybridge, including six cards that each show a series of six to twelve "automatic electro-photographs" depicting successive phases in the
"Abe Edgington", owned by Leland Stanford; driven by C. Marvin, trotting at a 2-24 gait over the Palo Alto track, 15th June, 1878
"Sallie Gardner", owned by Leland Stanford; ridden by G. Domm, running at a 1.40 gait over the Palo Alto track, 19th June, 1878 (1878 cabinet card, "untouched" version from original negatives)
Card with "Sallie Gardner" in an altered 1879 edition
The typical portrayal of a galloping horse with its legs simultaneously extended fore and aft, as shown here in an 1839 painting by John Frederick Herring Sr.
History of film
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The history of film chronicles the artistic and cultural development of a visual art form that uses film technologies that began in the late 19th century, influenced by the existing screen culture of
The Horse in Motion
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Eadweard Muybridge's The Horse in Motion cabinet cards utilized the technique of chronophotography to study motion.
An Anschütz electrotachyscope
A frame from the Lumière brothers staged comedy film, L'Arroseur Arrosé (1895)
Georges Méliès (left) painting a backdrop in his studio