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EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE

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EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE

Animal Locomotion: Equestrian and Other Studies

20 collotype plates from Animal Locomotion, An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements, 1872-1885, published under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania, 1887. Each with letterpress credit, series title, plate number, copyright and reproduction limitation printed in the margin. Varying sizes from 9 5/8 x 11 5/8 to 7 1/8 x 16in. (20)

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The plates depict horses and burros being riden, work and show horses, a horse reluctantly being pulled, a jockey atop a race horse, a dramatic study of a derbied rider whipping a horse at full gait, horses jumping hurdles and other horses and circus horses on see-saws and swings.