Eadweard Muybridge, Athletes. Back summersault, 1881.
161 mm x 224 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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Athletes. Back summersault, 1881
Eadweard Muybridge (1830 - 1904)
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161 mm x 224 mm
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