Who First Marketed and Sold Eadweard Muybridge's Photograph of Emperor Norton on a Velocipede?
Among close observers of the Emperor Norton story, Eadweard Muybridge's early 1869 photograph of the Emperor astride a velocipede is a fond and well-known piece of the visual record.
New evidence reveals who was acting as the “sole agent” — i.e., seller and publicist — for Muybridge’s work at the time he took this photograph — and points to a slightly earlier date for the photo than The Emperor Norton Trust previously has believed and used in its published research.
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