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| Keywords: Panorama of San Francisco by Eadweard Muybridge, 1878.jpg Artwork Creator Eadweard Muybridge On 11 July 1877 Eadweard Muybridge 1830-1904 announced in the San Francisco Bulletin the publication of a Panorama of San Francisco from California Street Hill The photographs were taken from the tower of the Mark Hopkins mansion then the highest point in San Francisco 116 metres 381 feet above the harbour which commanded an uninterrupted sweeping view of the entire city its harbour and San Francisco Bay One year later Muybridge re-photographed the view as seen here Taken in April 1878 Muybridge worked with a mammoth camera using 18 x 22 inch plates Muybridge started at about 11am and probably with the help of an assistant made each section within a matter of 15 minutes The seventh panel from the left was taken last; it is a second shot of a section that was not successful on the first try He used a 40 inch near telephoto lens which determined the number of 20 inch wide glass negatives needed to make the complete circle He had chosen the day for the execution of the panorama carefully; the shadows are sharp and the atmosphere clear Published as an album and comprising thirteen mounted albumen prints the resulting panorama exceeded seventeen feet in length when fully extended He printed nine copies but never advertised them 1878 04 13 albumen prints produced from the original 18 x 22 inch mammoth plate negatives Collection of the Society of California Pioneers place of discovery object history exhibition history credit line conservation treatment by Gawain Weaver accession number place of creation The tower of the Mark Hopkins Hotel Mark Hopkins mansion Nob Hill San Francisco http //gawainweaver com/news/News-1878-Muybridge-San-Francisco-Panorama-Conserved/ Gawain Weaver PD-old-auto 1904 http //cprr org/Museum/Archive/san_francisco_1of5 html Panorama http //ronhenggeler com/History/Muybridge/muybridge_index html Eadweard Muybridge 1878 photographs 1878 in San Francisco History of San Francisco Panoramics of San Francisco Mark Hopkins mansion Panorama of San Francisco by Eadweard Muybridge 1878 18 30 5 September 2015 UTC Panorama of San Francisco by Eadweard Muybridge 1878 jpg | ||||
