Plate Number 15. Walking

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image displays sequential photographs of a person walking. Each frame shows the person in full body view, captured mid-step. The person's head is turned slightly to the side in the top row, with short hair styled close to the scalp. They are nude and not wearing any jewelry or holding anything. The background features a grid pattern, potentially for measurement, in an indoor setting with even lighting.

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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. 15; lower center by unknown hand in pencil 46 is crossed through, in pencil 15 / Copyright 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.15


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