Plate Number 573. "Johnson" hauling, man pulling at head

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a grid of twenty-four black-and-white photographs showing a horse in motion. The images depict a horse in a walking or trotting sequence, displaying different stages of its gait. Some images show the horse interacting with a rope while in motion. The layout indicates a detailed study of the horse's physical movements.

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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. 573 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.519

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