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A woman, naked above the waist, sitting on the ground with her legs stretched out to her left, rises to a standing position, a folded paper in her right hand. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A naked woman sitting in a chair picks up a towel and dries her left foot. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A clothed woman places a chair on the ground, sits on it, crosses her legs and fans herself. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A semi-naked woman sits on a chair and puts on a stocking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A naked woman sitting in a chair having convulsions. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A clothed, sitting woman puts on boots then stands up. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A clothed woman sitting on a chair puts on a shoe then stands up. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A naked man sitting in a wooden chair rises to a standing position and turns. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A clothed woman sitting in a wooden chair holds an open fan in her right hand, stands, bends to pick up a handkerchief from the ground and begins to straighten up again. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

World War One: back view of a man seated on a cushion on the ground. Black chalk drawing, c. 1914.

On the science of easy chairs, reprinted from "Nature", Oct. 17, 1878 : On posture and its indications, reprinted from "The Lancet", July 2, 1892 / by T. Lauder Brunton, M.D., D.Sc.Edin., LL.D. (Hon) Aberd., F.R.S., &c., assistant-physician and lecturer on materia medica and therapeutics at St. Bartholomew's Hospital.

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A semi-naked woman sits on a chair and puts on a stocking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

World War One: back view of a man seated on a cushion on the ground. Black chalk drawing, c. 1914.

A semi-naked woman sits on a chair and puts on a stocking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A clothed woman sitting on a chair puts on a shoe then stands up. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.