Eadweard Muybridge, Dancing (fancy), 1872-1885.
Collotype on white wove paper. 184 mm x 417 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: John Hammond.
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Dancing (fancy), 1872-1885
Eadweard Muybridge (1830 - 1904)
RA Collection: Art
According to Muybridge's daybooks, the model in these photographs is a Miss Kate Larrigan. She was one of only a few models who had requisite graceful bearing that Muybridge preferred for his work.
Animal Locomotion: An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movement 1872-1885.
A portfolio and 85 collotypes by Eadweard Muybridge. Selected by the Keeper of the Royal Academy Schools and purchased in 1889.
Object details
184 mm x 417 mm
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