A bald eagle flying. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A naked man swings a hammer around his body from above his head and throws it away to his left. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A woman sitting on a chair and putting a pair of bloomers on. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A naked man raises his right leg to hip height in front of him then rotates it round to behind him. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A clothed woman walking and bending to lift a handkerchief with her right hand. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A hand lifts a ball. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A gnu running and bucking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

An elephant walking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A naked man plays tennis, mounts steps, walks down steps and climbs a ladder. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A naked man riding a horse bareback. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

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<p>The story of Eadweard Muybridge, inventor of stop-motion photography and moving pictures--who was also a murderer--and his relationship with Leland Stanford, the wealthy railroad baron and founder of Stanford University.</p>

xiv, 447 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

The inventor and the tycoon : a Gilded Age murder and the birth of moving pictures / Edward Ball.

359 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 x 29 cm

Eadweard Muybridge / Philip Brookman with contributions by Marta Braun [and others].

159 pages : chiefly illustrations, facsimiles, portrait ; 28 cm

Eadweard Muybridge : the man who invented the moving picture.

Muybridge : man in motion / by Robert Bartlett Haas.

Critical lives (London, England)

Critical lives

Eadweard Muybridge / Marta Braun.

Animal locomotion: an electro-photographic investigation of consecutive phases of animal movements

1 print : collotype ; image 15.8 x 44.2 cm.

A naked child walks behind a clothed man. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

1 print : collotype ; image 17.3 x 39.9 cm.

A semi-naked woman sits on a chair and puts on a stocking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

1 print : collotype ; image 20 x 37.7 cm.

A naked man sits on a chair, pours water and drinks a cup of water from a tub. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

1 print : collotype ; image 19.5 x 39 cm.

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Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904

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The inventor and the tycoon : a Gilded Age murder and the birth of moving pictures / Edward Ball.

Eadweard Muybridge / Philip Brookman with contributions by Marta Braun [and others].

Eadweard Muybridge : the man who invented the moving picture.

Muybridge : man in motion / by Robert Bartlett Haas.

Eadweard Muybridge / Marta Braun.

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Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904

Images

Works

The inventor and the tycoon : a Gilded Age murder and the birth of moving pictures / Edward Ball.

Eadweard Muybridge / Philip Brookman with contributions by Marta Braun [and others].

Eadweard Muybridge : the man who invented the moving picture.

Muybridge : man in motion / by Robert Bartlett Haas.

Eadweard Muybridge / Marta Braun.

Wellcome Collection

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