Creator |
Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916, photographer. |
Title |
[Motion studies] [graphic]. |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1885 |
Date |
ca. 1885 |
Physical Description |
6 photographic prints : albumen mounted on cardboard; 14 x 9 cm. (5.5 x 3.5 in.) |
Description |
Series of six nude motion studies photographed by Thomas Eakins at the University of Pennsylvania. Views show male models,
including George Reynolds, during the process of jumping, running, and walking. Includes a copy of the image "History of a
Jump."
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Is referenced by |
Hendricks, The photographs of Thomas Eakins 97; 102; 113; 114; 116 |
Notes |
Gift of Elizabeth G. Coates. |
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One of images reproduced in William Dennis Marks's "The Mechanism of Instantaneous Photography" in "Animal Locomotion: The
MuyBridge Work at the University of Pennsylvania" (Philadelphia, 1888), p. 14. [P.9873.5] LCP also holds larger format variant
with annotations. [*photo - Eakins, P.8713.6].
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Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
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LCP AR (Annual Report) 1982, p. 37. |
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Photographs housed together in acid free clamshell box. |
Biographical / historical note |
Thomas Eakins, artist, photographer, and director of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1882-1886), photographed over
60 motion studies at the University of Pennsylvania between 1884 and 1885. He devised a new camera for the motion photographs
that included a timing device and rotating shutter mechanism.
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Subject |
Jacobson, George. |
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Human locomotion. |
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Nudes. |
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Education -- University of Pennsylvania. |
Genre |
Motion study photographs -- 1880-1890. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| albums - Eakins [P.8713.1-5 & 7] |
Accession number |
P.8713.1 |
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P.8713.2 |
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P.8713.3 |
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P.8713.4 |
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P.8713.5 |
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P.8713.7 |