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Eadweard Muybridge photograph collection

Call Number

PR 205

Date

1878, circa 1887, inclusive

Creator

Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904

Extent

2 Linear feet in 1 box containing 10 folders

Language of Materials

English .

Abstract

Collection includes a 13 plate photographic panorama of San Francisco, 1878, and 23 collotype plates from Muybridge's published series of photographs "Animal Locomotion" (Philadelphia Photogravure Company of New York, 1887).

Biographical / Historical

Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) was an English photographer who worked extensively in the United States from 1852 on. He was a pioneer in studies of human and animal locomotion that led to the development of motion picture film.

Scope and Contents

Collection includes a 13 plate photographic panorama of San Francisco, 1878, and 23 collotype plates from Muybridge's published series of photographs "Animal Locomotion" (Philadelphia Photogravure Company of New York, 1887). The locomotion collotype plate numbers are: 44, 62, 66, 152, 273, 278, 319, 327, 348, 355, 374, 386, 461, 478, 512, 573, 590, 640, 658, 673, 721, 735, and 758.

Access Restrictions

Open to qualified researchers by appointment only. To schedule an appointment, contact the Print Room Librarian at printroom@nyhistory.org.

Use Restrictions

Photocopying undertaken by staff only. Limited to 20 exposures of stable, unbound material per day. Application to use images from this collection for publication should be made in writing to: Department of Rights and Reproductions, The New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024-5194, rightsandrepro@nyhistory.org. Phone: (212) 873-3400 ext. 282.

Copyrights and other proprietary rights may subsist in individuals and entities other than the New-York Historical Society, in which case the patron is responsible for securing permission from those parties. For fuller information about rights and reproductions from N-YHS visit: https://www.nyhistory.org/about/rights-reproductions

Preferred Citation

The collection should be cited as: Eadweard Muybridge Photograph Collection, PR 205, Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections, New-York Historical Society.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The panorama was purchased by Daniel Parish on behalf of the New-York Historical Society in 1897. The "Animal Locomotion" plates were a gift from James Strobridge in 1952.

Existence and Location of Copies

The San Francisco panorama images have been digitized and can be found in N-YHS's digital library

Collection processed by

Elise Winks

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-21 15:46:24 -0400.
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Language: English

Processing Information

The photographs were physically rehoused and the collection cataloged, likely in the 1990s or early 2000s. A folder-level inventory was created in a Word document by Miranda Schwartz in February 2009. In May 2020 archivist Elise Winks combined data from the catalog entry and the inventory into an on-line finding aid.

Repository

New-York Historical Society
New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024