Plate Number 762. Cockatoo flying

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequence capturing the motion of a bird in flight. The image is a series of twelve black and white photographs arranged in a grid. Each frame captures a different moment in the flight of the bird, illustrating the motion of its wings as it moves through the air. The background features a grid pattern. The bird's wings are captured in various positions, demonstrating the grace and complexity of its flight path. The high-contrast style of the image highlights the details of the bird against the grid backdrop.

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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.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

printed, lower center underneath image in black ink: ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. PLATE. 762 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.670


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