
Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 1992
Catalogue
- Year
- 1884
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Ottomar Anschütz
Artist

Ottomar Anschütz
Photography
Ottomar Anschütz was a Prussian photographer and inventor best known for his pioneering work in motion photography and animal locomotion studies during the late 19th century. Working primarily with gelatin dry plates and sequential camera techniques, he captured detailed sequences of horses, birds, and human movement that anticipated cinema. His technical innovations in high-speed photography and shutter design advanced the mechanical understanding of animal motion and influenced both scientific documentation and early film practice.
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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Ottomar Anschütz
- Year
- 1884
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Watts ID
- WW-1884-006576
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified
![[Two Bears]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/original/DP-18663-013.jpg)
![[Two Cheetahs]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/original/DP-18663-011.jpg)
![[Fox]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/original/DP-18663-009.jpg)
