Eadweard Muybridge, Running at full speed, 1872-1885.
Collotype on white wove paper. 228 mm x 335 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: John Hammond.
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Running at full speed, 1872-1885
Eadweard Muybridge (1830 - 1904)
RA Collection: Art
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.
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228 mm x 335 mm
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