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Internegative for Horses. Trotting. Abe Edgington. No. 28

1878

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names

Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a series of eight monochrome images showing a horse in motion pulling a cart. Each frame captures the horse at different stages of its trot, with numbered vertical lines in the background for measurement. The images have a vintage, sepia-toned quality, resembling early motion study photography.

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Artwork overview

Medium

collodion glass-plate negative
Credit Line

Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon and Patrons' Permanent Fund
Dimensions

overall (glass plate): 15.3 x 25.4 cm (6 x 10 in.)
Accession Number

2006.133.105
Volume Title

The Attitudes of Animals in Motion

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon; purchase and gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Dan and Mary Solomon

Exhibition History

2009

In the Darkroom: Photographic Processes Before the Digital Age, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009 - 2010, unnumbered catalogue.

2010

Eadweard Muybridge, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 2010 - 2011, unnumbered catalogue.

2016

Intersections: Photographs and Videos from the National Gallery of Art and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2016 - 2017, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

2010

Eadweard Muybridge. Exh. cat., The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Tate, London; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco. London, 2010.

Inscriptions

across top of glass plate in paint: EDGINGTON. 8 gait

Wikidata ID

Q64147032

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