Historedia
Person

Eadweard Muybridge

Events
2
Episodes
4
Years
1878–1888

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Eadweard Muybridge, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Muybridge photographs 'Sallie Gardner at a Gallop'

    1878

    Role: Photographer

    1. 15 June 1878 · Stanford's Palo Alto Stock FarmPalo Alto Photographic Sequence

      Muybridge used twelve cameras at Stanford's Palo Alto Stock Farm to capture the phases of a horse's gallop in June 1878.

    2. 15 July 1878 (copyright registration date) · San FranciscoPublication of Cabinet Cards

      Muybridge registered the photographic series for copyright on 15 July 1878, and the images were published as cabinet cards depicting successive phases of movement.

  2. Edison meets Muybridge to discuss sound film

    1888

    Role: Inventor of the zoopraxiscope

    1. 1888-02-25 · Orange, New JerseyMuybridge Lecture in Orange

      Muybridge demonstrated his zoopraxiscope in Orange, New Jersey, on February 25, 1888, producing the illusion of motion from glass discs.

    2. 1888-10 · West Orange, New JerseyEdison Files Caveat

      Edison filed a preliminary claim for a motion picture device in October 1888, following Muybridge's proposal.

Sources

  1. Eadweard Muybridge Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-24
  2. The Horse in Motion Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-28
  3. Kinetoscope Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-02