Caption

View of the 24 cameras in position, Setup with photo cameras to capture a horse in motion, page, photomechanical print, number: 'Plate_CVI.', photographer: Eadweard Muybridge, Stanford, cliché maker: anonymous, c. 1878 - in or before 1882, clichémaker, paper, photoaquatint, height 133 mm x width 217 mm, taking photographs - CC - out of doors, photographic apparatus, A long rectangular wooden structure with a slanted roof stands horizontally across the scene; its front face has a series of dark rectangular openings along a midline and a row of small square compartments beneath a sheltered overhang, with vertical supports dividing the panels. In front of the structure is an open yard with a boarded surface in the foreground featuring evenly spaced slender upright posts, and a patch of bare ground between the boards and the building. To the left of the structure there is a fenced area with a simple wooden frame and leaning planks, and low distant trees and shrubbery are visible along the horizon. The image has a pale, high-contrast tone overall.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B03_079

License type

Rights managed

Available size

37.4Mb (8.4Mb) / 14.4in x 10.1in / 4334 x 3018 (300dpi)

Keywords

View 24 cameras position Setup photo cameras capture horse motion page photomechanical print number Plate_CVI photographer Eadweard Muybridge Stanford cliché maker anonymous c 1878 - 1882 clichémaker paper photoaquatint height 133 mm x width 217 mm taking photographs - CC - doors photographic apparatus long rectangular wooden structure slanted roof stands horizontally across scene front face series dark rectangular openings midline row small square compartments beneath sheltered overhang vertical supports dividing panels front structure open yard boarded surface foreground featuring evenly spaced slender upright posts patch bare ground boards building left fenced area simple wooden frame leaning planks low distant trees shrubbery visible horizon image pale high-contrast tone