Plate Number 13. Walking

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image displays a series of photographs capturing a person walking in different stages from side, front, and back perspectives across multiple frames in a grid pattern. The individual is shown in motion, with short hair and indistinct facial features. They are unclothed, with no visible accessories. The background features simple settings like horizontal and vertical lines, appearing to be a fence or wall, with concrete ground. The environment seems to be outdoors with uniform lighting, typical of motion studies.

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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. 13 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.13


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