There's been a long-standing rumour about Eadweard Muybridge and a last great project he was said to be undertaking in the back garden of his Kingston home shortly before his death in 1904.

The renowned photographer is believed to have been creating a scale model of the American Great Lakes by digging ponds but no one has yet been able to ascertain whether or not he really was.

Artist Becky Beasley is now the world expert on the subject and has perhaps come closest to finding a conclusive answer which she unveil at her exhibition as part of the Muybridge in Kingston series at the Stanley Picker Gallery from Wednesday.

"The rumour about Muybridge's last project is something that is really interesting for me," she explains.

"A lot of people have tried to get access to his garden in Liverpool Road but there are big gated walls around the house and there was an access denied there if you like.

"I wrote to the owners though and explained to them what I wanted to do and they gave me access and allowed me to take photos.

"And so I made two 360 degree panoramas as there are two spaces in the garden, a small one and a larger space.

"The reason for the panorama is because I was inspired by Muybridge's Panorama of San Francisco in 1878 that is still described as one of the best panoramas ever."

Beasley's panoramas of Muybridge's garden will be displayed on postcards you can take away from the exhibition along with a pamphlet detailing her findings (which she is keeping tightly under wraps for now), all of which will be based on an expensive linoleum floor "For me the most ambitious part of the project is the linoleum floor I have decided to lay in the 140m square space," says Beasley.

"I have designed an image that will be put into it and likened it to making a movie as it is centrally very expensive and a one off that will only be down for two weeks.

"There will be these two tall thin revolving postcard rails each with images from one section of the garden and they will be things you can take away.

"Although it is very much a landscape space we have opened it up and taken all of the temporary walls down so it will be a big open space that means as soon as you enter you will see everything all at once.

"You will feel like you are in a garden in terms of scale."

Becky Beasley, Muybridge in Kingston Contemporary Commissions, Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University, November 24 to February 5, 12pm to 6pm (not Monday), free. Call 020 8417 4074 or visit stanleypickergallery.org.