Portraits of America

[Eadweard Muybridge portrait]

1890·Source: loc·View original ↗·Public Domain
[Eadweard Muybridge portrait], 1890 (Library of Congress)
[Eadweard Muybridge portrait], 1890 (Library of Congress)
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1 photographic print. | Three-quarter length, seated portrait.


This photographic print by Frances Benjamin Johnston shows a three-quarter length seated portrait made in 1890. The record identifies the subject as Eadweard Muybridge but provides no additional information about who he was or why Johnston photographed him.

The photograph is held by the Library of Congress. Beyond Johnston's authorship and the year of creation, the archive record offers no details about the circumstances of the sitting, the location, or the relationship between photographer and subject.

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