Eadweard Muybridge, The 'Operating Track' .

The 'Operating Track' ., 1881

Eadweard Muybridge (1830 - 1904)

RA Collection: Art

Plate E. 'Operating track, covered with rubber flooring, and crossed with lines 12 inches apart, over which the animals are caused to move. On one side of the track a white background is arranged at a suitable angle. The cross lines on the track are distinguished by the upper line of figures. The particular Camera in which any negative of a series is made, is designated by the parallel direction of the vertical stake, with the horizontal line extending to the corresponding number of the Camera immediately opposite. The discriminating number of each series of exposures is recorded on each negative by the large figures [229 for example] which is changed for each movement illustrated'

The fifth of six introductory illustrations from Eadweard Muybridge, The Attitudes of Animals in Motion (London, 1881).

Object details

Title
The 'Operating Track' .
Photographed by
Eadweard Muybridge (1830 - 1904)
Date
1881
Object type
Photograph
Dimensions

139 mm x 232 mm

Collection
Royal Academy of Arts
Object number
10/850
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