Plate Number 503. Miscellaneous, stooping, etc.

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph showing a figure in a flowing dress engaged in a repetitive action with a stick or rod. The image consists of sixteen frames arranged in two rows of eight. The subject is in front of a gridded backdrop. The series captures the figure in different stages of movement. The grayscale tones and historical attire suggest an older style of photography associated with studies of human motion.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

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Inscriptions

printed, lower center underneath image in black ink: ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. PLATE. 503 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.459


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