Plate Number 607. "Lizzie M." trotting, harnessed to sulky

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image shows a sequence of black and white photographs of a horse pulling a carriage in motion. Each frame captures a progression in the movement of the horse and the carriage wheels, forming a sequence of motion. The arrangement of the images highlights the dynamic movement and positions of the horse and carriage, resembling a rudimentary form of motion study. The grid layout enables viewers to observe the motion as if watching a short film or a series of snapshots taken in quick succession.

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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. 607 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.553

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