Plate Number 32. Walking and carrying a bucket of water in each hand

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image features a sequence showing a person walking and carrying buckets. The person is seen progressively from left, front, to rear view while holding a bucket in each hand. The person appears unclothed and their facial features are unclear. They appear to have their hair tied back and the background shows a striped or slatted surface.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.5 × 36.75 cm (8 1/16 × 14 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 48.5 × 61.35 cm (19 1/8 × 24 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.84

  • Series Title

    Animal Locomotion: An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements

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. 32 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.32

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