One of the more unusual collections is that of Eadweard Muybridge's photographs of Animal Locomotion of 1887, this consists of 781 plates. These sequences of photographs taken a fraction of a second apart capture images of different animals and humans performimg various actions. There are several of John Thomson's 1876-7 images of Street Life in London in the collection. The museum also holds James Lafayette's society portraits, a collection of more than 600 photographs dating from the late 19th to early 20th centuries and portraying a wide range of society figures of the period, including bishops, generals, society ladies, Indian maharajas, Ethiopian rulers and other foreign leaders, actresses, people posing in their motor cars and a sequence of photographs recording the guests at the famous fancy-dress ball held at Devonshire House in 1897 to celebrate Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee.
What do the Animal Locomotion photographs capture?
animals and humans performimg various actions images of different animals and humans performimg various actions different animals and humans performimg various actions
These sequences of photographs taken a fraction of a second apart capture images of different animals and humans performimg various actions.
These sequences of photographs taken a fraction of a second apart capture images of different animals and humans performimg various actions.
What do the Animal Locomotion photographs capture?