Muybridge Racetrack camera
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Muybridge Racetrack camera

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Camera

Eadweard J. Muybridge

Maker
English, 1830–1904

Muybridge Racetrack camera

ca. 1878
Wood, metal and glass
Overall: 5 7/8 × 5 3/4 × 22 3/16 in., 1.8 lb. (14.9 × 14.6 × 56.3 cm, 0.8 kg)
DescriptionWooden, rectangular, quarter-plate sequence camera No. 14 with no back or lens, sliding rail base and inner sleeve. This camera accepts individual scoville wet plates to capture each image.


Quarter-plate sequence camera No. 14, no back or lens; used by Eadweard Muybridge.
Inscriptions Inscribed in white on front of camera: 77:126:4 / Inscribed in white on base of camera: 78:1671:48 / Stamped in wood on top of camera: 14 / Printed and inscribed in black on white label on bottom of camera: GEORGE E. NITZSCHE, 12, Muybridge Collection

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