Plate Number 16. Walking

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequential motion study. The image consists of multiple black and white panels arranged in three rows, documenting the stages of a figure walking. The background features a lined or gridded pattern that helps accentuate the movement captured in the panels. Each frame captures minute changes in the figure's position, creating a sense of dynamic motion when viewed collectively.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.7 × 34.35 cm (8 15/16 × 13 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 48 × 60.4 cm (18 7/8 × 23 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.68

  • Series Title

    Animal Locomotion: An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Eadweard Muybridge, Philadelphia, PA; purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1887; acquired by NGA, 2014.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

printed, lower center underneath image in black ink: ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. PLATE. 16 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.16

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