The Horse in Motion: As Shown by Instantaneous Photography: with a Study on Animal Mechanics Founded on Anatomy and the Revelations of the Camera: in Which Is Demonstrated the Theory of Quadrupedal Locomotion
James David Babcock Stillman
(American, 1819–1888)
Eadweard J. Muybridge
(American, 1830–1904)
James R. Osgood & Co.
(American, 19th century)
1882
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book
DimensionsOverall: 31.5 x 26.5 x 5.5 cm (12 3/8 x 10 7/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the heirs of Bettina Looram de Rothschild
Accession number2015.61
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Not on viewClassificationsIllustrated books
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ProvenanceJohn Jay Pierrepont (b. 1849 - d. 1923), Brooklyn, NY. 1938, Alphonse de Rothschild (b. 1878 - d. 1942) and Clarice de Rothschild (b. 1894 - d. 1967), Vienna; 1938, confiscated from Alphonse and Clarice de Rothschild by Nazi forces [see note 1]; probably about 1948, returned to Clarice de Rothschild, New York; by descent to her daughter, Bettina Looram de Rothschild (b. 1924 - d. 2012); about 1990/1992, given by Bettina Looram de Rothschild to members of her family; 2015, gift of the heirs of Bettina Looram de Rothschild to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 25, 2015)
NOTES:
[1] With the Anschluss, or annexation of Austria to Nazi Germany in March, 1938, the possessions of Alphonse and Clarice de Rothschild were seized and expropriated almost immediately by Nazi forces. The precise fate of this book during the Nazi era is not known, but it was in the possession of Clarice de Rothschild again following World War II.
NOTES:
[1] With the Anschluss, or annexation of Austria to Nazi Germany in March, 1938, the possessions of Alphonse and Clarice de Rothschild were seized and expropriated almost immediately by Nazi forces. The precise fate of this book during the Nazi era is not known, but it was in the possession of Clarice de Rothschild again following World War II.
