Sausalito from the N.P.C.R.R. Wharf, Looking South
ca. 1868
Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions
9.8 x 9.5cm (3 7/8 x 3 3/4in.) Mount: 22.8 x 17.6 cm (9 x 6 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 1991
Accession Number
1991.1203
Tags
Art Historical Context
Captured from the N.P.C.R.R. Wharf looking south toward Sausalito around 1868, this albumen silver print by Eadweard Muy offers a vivid snapshot of California's bustling Bay Area waterfront. Muybridge, a pioneering photographer who later revolutionized motion studies with his famous horse galloping sequences, here documents everyday maritime life: ships dotting the waters, men at work, and the gentle curve of the river meeting the horizon. The compact 9.8 x 9.5 cm image, mounted on a larger 22.8 x 17.6 cm card, invites close inspection of its fine details. Printed from a glass negative using ...
About the Artist
Eadweard Muybridge · 1830–1904
Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) was an English-American photographer who revolutionized the understanding of motion through his pioneering chronophotographic studies. Born Edward James Muggeridge in Kingston upon Thames, England, he emigrated to America and became famous first for his dramatic landscape photographs of Yosemite Valley, then for his groundbreaking motion studies that proved horses li...