Horse

Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 1992

Catalogue

Year
1884

Artist

Ottomar Anschütz
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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1889 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

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1888 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

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[Fox]

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1886 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

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Untitled

Untitled

1884 · Albumen and gelatin silver printing-out-paper prints

WW-1884-M071765

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Year
1884
Watts ID
WW-1884-006576

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Status
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Artist

Ottomar Anschütz

Ottomar Anschütz

Photography

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