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| 1. |  | Ottomar Anschütz 1886 (ca) Etude de chien réalisée avec un appareil instantané Albumen print 14 x 19 cm Interencheres - La Gallerie de Chartes Collection Henry Koilski (Galerie de Chartres, Auction, 8 October 2011, Lot: 89) |
| 2. |  | Ottomar Anschütz 1885-1886 Horse and rider jumping over an obstacle [Cheval et cavalier sautant un obstacle] Albumen print 9.5 x 14 cm Sotheby's - Paris Photographies, 11 November 2011, Lot 23 Série de 10 tirages albuminés. Chaque tirage porte le tampon a sec du photographe 'Ottomar Anschutz Lissa i. P. 1885' ou 'Ottomar Anschutz Lissa i. P. 1886' en bas a droite et est numéroté de 1 a 10 a l'encre en haut a gauche. Chaque tirage porte au verso le tampon du photographe 'Ottomar Anschutz, Lissa (Posen). Selbstverlag' et le tampon 'Photographies J. Kuhn 220, Rue de Rivoli, Paris'. |
| 3. |  | Ottomar Anschütz 1884 Storks Albumen silver prints 3 3/4 x 5 1/2 ins Museum Ludwig © Rheinisches Bildarchiv. Museum Ludwig/Agfa Foto-Historama Koln. |
| 4. |  | Étienne Jules Marey 1887-1890 Le Saut à la perche Chronophotographie sur plaque fixe. Copie positive sur verre au bromure d'argent. 8.4 x 10 cm Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain © direction des musées de France, 2007, Inventory no: 77.989.20.1 |
| 5. |  | Eadweard Muybridge 1878-1879 Running (Galloping) [The Attitude of Animals in Motion] Iron salt process print J. Paul Getty Museum © J. Paul Getty Trust [85.XO.362.44] |
| 6. |  | George Washington Wilson n.d. #221 the Great Eastern in Southampton Water. (Instantaneous.) (Detail) Stereocard Jefferson Stereoptics Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, Tues. May 23rd & Thurs. May 25th, 2006, # 06-2, Lot 259) |
| 7. |  | George Washington Wilson n.d. #221 the Great Eastern in Southampton Water. (Instantaneous.) (Back) Stereocard Jefferson Stereoptics Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, Tues. May 23rd & Thurs. May 25th, 2006, # 06-2, Lot 259) |
| 8. |  | Louis-Pierre-Théophile Dubois de Nehaut 1854-1856 Station de Malines, Epreuve instantanée au passage d'un train au soleil couchant [Malines Station, Passing Train, Stormy Sky] Salted paper print, from paper negative Metropolitan Museum of Art Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.372.22 |
| 9. |  | A.M. Worthington 1894 Engravings of Instantaneous Photographs of the Splash of a Drop of Water falling 40 cm. into Milk. Scale about 6/10 of actual size. Series XIV, 1-6 Engravings Creative Commons - Wikipedia Prof. A.M. Worthington Splash of a Drop (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1895). Reprint of a Discourse at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, May 18, 1894. [Copied for the Microsoft Corp. Internet Archive in 2007] |
| 10. |  | A.M. Worthington 1894 Engravings of Instantaneous Photographs of the Splash of a Drop of Water falling 40 cm. into Milk. Scale about 6/10 of actual size. Series XIV, 7 -12 Engravings Creative Commons - Wikipedia Prof. A.M. Worthington Splash of a Drop (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1895). Reprint of a Discourse at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, May 18, 1894. [Copied for the Microsoft Corp. Internet Archive in 2007] |
| 11. |  | A.M. Worthington 1894 Engravings of Instantaneous Photographs of the Splash of a Drop of Water falling 40 cm. into Milk. Scale about 6/10 of actual size. Series XIV, 9 -12 Engravings Creative Commons - Wikipedia Prof. A.M. Worthington Splash of a Drop (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1895). Reprint of a Discourse at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, May 18, 1894. [Copied for the Microsoft Corp. Internet Archive in 2007] |
| 12. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1905 (publication) 1896 (copyright) Fig.79 (Instantaneous photography) Book illustration This work is out of copyright Published in Photographic Amusements including a Description of a Number of Novel Effects Obtainable with the Camera by Walter E. Woodbury (New York: The Photographic Times Publishing Association, 1905) |
| 13. |  | Lt. Joachim Steiner 1905 (publication) 1896 (copyright) Fig.80 Instantaneous Studies Book illustration This work is out of copyright Published in Photographic Amusements including a Description of a Number of Novel Effects Obtainable with the Camera by Walter E. Woodbury (New York: The Photographic Times Publishing Association, 1905) |
| 14. |  | Marquis de Alfarras 1905 (publication) 1896 (copyright) Fig.81 "A Rise in the World" Book illustration, Photochrome engraving This work is out of copyright Published in Photographic Amusements including a Description of a Number of Novel Effects Obtainable with the Camera by Walter E. Woodbury (New York: The Photographic Times Publishing Association, 1905) |
| 15. |  | Wm. Notman & Son 1887 The Bounce Albumen silver print 23.1 x 18 cm National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada Purchased 1991, no. 35590 This photograph is available through CyberMuse - cybermuse.gallery.ca (Accessed: August 2010). |
| 16. |  | Alexandre (Brussels) 1888, 18 August Instantaneous Photographs Magazine page Google Books Scientific American Supplement, No.659, August 18, 1888, p.10521 Instantaneous Photographs. Both amateurs and professionals are daily obtaining more and more interesting results in measure as the sensitiveness of gelatino bromide of silver increases and the rapidity of shutters augments. We often receive curious specimens of instantaneous photographs, and we have already reproduced several of them. We cannot resist the pleasure of reproducing on the present occasion two very successful photographs taken by a skillful operator of Brussels, Mr. Alexandre. They represent a horse and his rider leaping over an improvised barrier. These photographs, which are very clean as regards execution, are worthy of examination from an artistic standpoint. One of them (Fig. 1) is exceedingly effective as regards design. The horse, with his legs drawn up, is full of movement, and the gesture of the rider raising his whip is exceedingly happy. A painter might get inspiration from this picture. The second photograph (Fig. 2), on the contrary, gives one of those attitudes produced by motions that our eye does not perceive, and which seems to us to be wanting in naturalness. The horse's tail, which is very stiff, stands upright in the air, and the two fore legs, absolutely straight, produce an effect that would not seem natural did we not know that we have before our eyes a reproduction of nature itself. Instantaneous photography is always very curious to study from an aesthetic standpoint. |
| 17. |  | Eadweard Muybridge 1882 Book cover for J.D.B. Stillman "The Horse in Motion, As Shown by Instantaneous Photography, With a Study on Animal Mechanics" (Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1882) Book cover Swann Galleries - New York Important Photobooks & Photographs, May 19, 2011, Sale 2248 Lot: 2 With 107 illustrations, including 105 drawings of horse anatomy and pacing, and 2 heliotypes showing the arrangement of cameras. Small folio, gilt-lettered pictorial brown cloth. First edition. |
| 18. |  | Victor Angerer 1888 Im Wiener Prater Book plate Google Books Published in "Jahrbuch fur Photographie und Reproduktionstechnik fur das Jahr 1888" by Dr. Josef Maria Eder (Halle a.S., Druck und Verlag von Wilhelm Knapp, 1888), Tafel X. Momentphotogr. mit Goldmann's Kunstlercamera von V. Angerer in Wien. (Photozinkotypie von J. Blechinger in Wien.) |
| 19. |  | Victor Angerer 1888 Momentphotographie von Victor Angerer in Wien Book plate Google Books Published in "Jahrbuch fur Photographie und Reproduktionstechnik fur das Jahr 1888" by Dr. Josef Maria Eder (Halle a.S., Druck und Verlag von Wilhelm Knapp, 1888) |
| 20. |  | Georg Hendrik Breitner n.d. Horses and a passerby on Cruquiusweg Modern scan from original negative 14 1/4 x 17 1/4 ins (framed) Collection RKD / Netherlands Institute for Art History |
| 21. |  | Paul Martin 1890 (ca) Blind beggar at the cattle market Platinum print 18 x 22.8 cm Victoria and Albert Museum Museum number: 2912-1937, Copyright Estate of Paul Martin |
| 22. |  | Eugène Atget 1900 (ca) Rue Mouffetard, Paris [Market] Gelatin silver print, from glass negative 22.1 x 16.9 cm (8 11/16 x 6 5/8 ins) Metropolitan Museum of Art Gilman Collection, Purchase, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Gift, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.527 |
| 23. |  | Eadweard Muybridge 1883 Book review of J.D.B. Stillman "The Horse In Motion, As Shown By Instantaneous Photography," (London: Trubner and Co., 1882) Magazine page, book review Google Books Book review in Veterinary Journal and Annals of Comparative Pathology, vol. XVI, 1883, p.49-50. The Horse In Motion, As Shown By Instantaneous Photography, With A Study On Animal Mechanics. By J. D. B. Stillman, A.M., M.D., Executed and Published under the auspices of Leland Stanford. (London: Trubner and Co. 1882). There could not be a better companion work to the "Exterieur du Cheval" than the handsome quarto volume, published by Trubner, of Ludgate Hill. In the Notes and News columns of this Journal not long ago, there appeared a notice of an interesting lecture given by Mr. Muybridge at the Royal Institution, on "Animals in Motion," in which the representations of movement were shown by photography. The work just issued is in reality the substance of the lecture in extenso, and a most interesting and important addition it is to such works as that of Goubaux and Barrier, as well as those on animal mechanics, animal painting, and animal locomotion. The book is a veritable monument of skill, patience, and ingenuity in the photographer's art, as it chiefly consists of a large series of photographs of the horse, taken while moving at different paces from the walk to a sharp gallop, cantering and jumping. There are also photographs of other animals taken during progression, these, as well as those of the horse, being represented in every phase of one act of a certain movement. These representations are the production of instantaneous photography; twenty-four cameras having been employed, and placed in line at intervals of a foot from each other, and so cleverly managed that, no matter how rapid the pace, each was capable of producing a clear and exact photograph by exposure of the exceedingly sensitive plate for the one five-thousandth part of a second. The result is rather startling and bewildering, as it pretty well upsets everything that has been taught and exhibited with regard to the way in which a horse moves its limbs during progression, and particularly as to the function of the fore and hind limbs. These undeniably correct pictures also prove that artists generally in fact always represent horses in utterly impossible attitudes. The manner in which certain movements are executed is made perfectly clear by these admirably arranged and printed pictures. The act of walking, for instance, about which the most diverse opinions have been entertained by horsemen and veterinary physiologists, is lucidly demonstrated in a manner which admits of no doubt. In addition to the very extensive series of plates, there are many explanatory woodcuts, while Dr. Stillman gives an excellent description of the locomotory muscles, and valuable remarks on movement having reference to the discoveries developed by means of the camera. This wonderful book for it is full of wonders, so far as the revelations it contains are concerned deserves a more extended notice than we can afford to give it; but we trust that veterinarians and horsemen, as well as artists and physiologists, will patronise it. It may be mentioned as an evidence of the labour its production necessitated, that it required an outlay of 50,000 dols. (£10,000), a sum which was generously contributed by Governor Stanford, who owns the Palo Alto Stud Farm, where Mr. Muybridge toiled so long and so successfully in experimenting and photographing. |
| 24. |  | Eadweard Muybridge 1882 Advert for J.D.B. Stillman "the Horse In Motion, As Shown By Instantaneous Photography," (London: Trubner and Co., 1882) Magazine page, advert Google Books Advert in Trubner's American and Oriental Literary Record Nos.171-172, New Series, Vol.III, Nos.1-2, February 1882, p.52. Royal 4to. cloth, pp. viii. and 127. Price £3 3s. THE HORSE IN MOTION, AS SHOWN BY INSTANTANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHY. With A Study On Animal Mechanics, Founded On The Revelations Of The Camera, In Which is Demonstrated The True Theory Of Quadrupedal Locomotion. By J. D. B. STILLMAN, A.M., M.D. Executed and Published under the auspices of LELAND STANFORD. With over One Hundred Heliotype and other Plates. English Copyright Edition. This work is the outcome of a series of experiments with the camera undertaken by the direction and at the opaa of Leland Stanford, the War Governor of California, and now President of the Central Pacific Railroad. The experiments were commenced some years since with a single camera, to get an instantaneous view of a famous trotter in rapid motion; they were afterwards continued with an increasing number until twenty-four cameras were employed giving as many views of the horse in a single stride at intervals of one foot. These experiments were extended to other quadrupeds, such as oxen, deer, dogs, etc. The numerous photographs of horses in all their paces and all possible positions were placed in the hands of a gentleman selected for the work, to make them intelligible. Every facility was furnished him that unlimited wealth could command; valuable horses were sacrificed for anatomical purposes when required, and the aid of the best artistic talent was secured to delineate the new and important facts brought to light. The whole is now presented in this volume, illustrated by nine chromo plates and more than one hundred heliotypes and photo-lithographs, and more than one thousand figures. The author has been enabled to demonstrate the theory of quadrupedal locomotion, which is as simple as it is beautiful, and which makes the most extraordinary movement as harmonious as a musical note. This work cannot fail to revolutionize the conventional ideas of animal locomotion as fast as the facts become known. It is the most important contribution to animal mechanics and art that has appeared for many years, if ever. LONDON: TRUBNER & CO., 57 And 59, LUDGATE HILL. [It is interesting to note in retrospect that Muybridge is not mentioned in this advertisement.] |
| 25. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1860 Title page for T. Skaife "Instantaneous Photography, Mathematical and Popular, Including Practical Instructions on the Manipulation of the Pistolgraph according to the mode practised by the inventor and most successful of his pupils" (Greenwich, 1860) Title page Google Books |
| 26. |  | n.d. Plaques Instantanees au Gelatino-Bromure d'Argent, J. Jougla Packaging Ebay |
| 27. |  | C.E. Wyrall 1888 Silver Medal for Cardiff International Photographic Exhibition, awarded to C.E. Wyrall for "Instantaneous Photograph by Professional", 1888 Medal 51mm (dia) Private collection of David Likar |
| 28. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1881, 24 September Exploding Mule Gelatin plate Stereoviews: Stereoviews and Fine 19th & 20th Century Antique Photographs Courtesy of David Spahr (www.stereoviews.com) Published in "Instantaneous Photography" Scientific American, 1881, 24 September The American Architect and Building News, Vol. X, August 20, 1881, p.91 An Absolutely Instantaneous Photograph. The Manufacturer's Gazette makes itself responsible for this the most amusing, but not improbable, mule story on record. There is on exhibition in New York a photograph taken by an army officer with Anthony's instantaneous collodion. An old army mule, condemned to death, was killed by a small charge of dynamite placed on his neck and exploded by electricity. The picture represents the mule standing with his head entirely blown off, and the rope with which he was tied to a short stake in the ground in the same position that it was in when tied to his head, as it had not time to fall to the ground. The slide of the camera was dropped by the same charge of electricity that exploded the dynamite. Annual Report of the Secretary of War for the Year 1882 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1882), Vol.II, Part 1, p.448 From: Eugene Griffin, First Lieutenant of Engineers, Willets Point, New York Harbor To: Lieut. Col. H.L. Abbott, Corps of Engineers, Commanding Engineer School of Application Date: June 27, 1882 On the 6th of June, 1881, an instantaneous view was taken, by your direction, of the execution of a condemned mule belonging to the Engineer Department. A small bag containing 6 ounces of dynamite and a fuse was fastened on the mule's forehead, the wires from the fuse connecting with a magneto-electric machine. The camera was placed at a distance of about 47 feet from the mule and properly focussed; the drop shutter was held up by a string, fastened to another fuse, which was placed in the same circuit with the first, so that both were fired simultaneously and the shutter allowed to drop. The result was a negative showing the mule in an upright position, but with his head blown off. This photograph has excited much interest and comment in the scientific world. A very narrow slit was used in the shutter, and as nearly as can be estimated the time of exposure was about 1/750 of a second. A 10 by 12 gelatino-bromide instantaneous Eastman dry plate was used, with a 4 D Dallmeyer lens, using the full opening. |
| 29. |  | 1881, 24 September Scientific American Magazine illustration Stereoviews: Stereoviews and Fine 19th & 20th Century Antique Photographs Courtesy of David Spahr (www.stereoviews.com) |
| 30. |  | 1881, 24 September Scientific American Magazine illustration Stereoviews: Stereoviews and Fine 19th & 20th Century Antique Photographs Courtesy of David Spahr (www.stereoviews.com) |
| 31. |  | 1881, 24 September Scientific American Magazine illustration Stereoviews: Stereoviews and Fine 19th & 20th Century Antique Photographs Courtesy of David Spahr (www.stereoviews.com) |
| 32. |  | 1881, 20 August An Absolutely Instantaneuous Photograph Magazine page Google Books The American Architect and Building News, Vol. X, August 20, 1881, p.91 An Absolutely Instantaneous Photograph. The Manufacturer's Gazette makes itself responsible for this the most amusing, but not improbable, mule story on record. There is on exhibition in New York a photograph taken by an army officer with Anthony's instantaneous collodion. An old army mule, condemned to death, was killed by a small charge of dynamite placed on his neck and exploded by electricity. The picture represents the mule standing with his head entirely blown off, and the rope with which he was tied to a short stake in the ground in the same position that it was in when tied to his head, as it had not time to fall to the ground. The slide of the camera was dropped by the same charge of electricity that exploded the dynamite. |
| 33. |  | Eugene Griffin (author) 1881, 6 June (event) 1882 (publication) The execution of a condemned mule Book page Google Books Annual Report of the Secretary of War for the Year 1882 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1882), Vol.II, Part 1, p.448 From: Eugene Griffin, First Lieutenant of Engineers, Willets Point, New York Harbor To: Lieut. Col. H.L. Abbott, Corps of Engineers, Commanding Engineer School of Application Date: June 27, 1882 On the 6th of June, 1881, an instantaneous view was taken, by your direction, of the execution of a condemned mule belonging to the Engineer Department. A small bag containing 6 ounces of dynamite and a fuse was fastened on the mule's forehead, the wires from the fuse connecting with a magneto-electric machine. The camera was placed at a distance of about 47 feet from the mule and properly focussed; the drop shutter was held up by a string, fastened to another fuse, which was placed in the same circuit with the first, so that both were fired simultaneously and the shutter allowed to drop. The result was a negative showing the mule in an upright position, but with his head blown off. This photograph has excited much interest and comment in the scientific world. A very narrow slit was used in the shutter, and as nearly as can be estimated the time of exposure was about 1/750 of a second. A 10 by 12 gelatino-bromide instantaneous Eastman dry plate was used, with a 4 D Dallmeyer lens, using the full opening. |
| 34. |  | J. Thompson (Grosvenor St., London) 1888 (publication) Dr. R.L. Maddox Book plate Google Books Published in "A History of Photography: Written as a Practical Guide and an Introduction to its Latest Developments" by W. Jerome Harrison (Bradford: Percy Lund & Co., The Country Press - London: Trubner & Co, 1888). |