Plate Number 35. Walking and carrying child on right arm

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image displays a sequential series of photographs capturing a full-body view of a woman walking while carrying a child on her back. The woman is in profile in the top and bottom rows, moving from left to right, and front-facing in the middle row. She is shown in motion, taking steps forward in each frame. Her hair is long and dark, flowing naturally. The woman is lightly draped in a sheer cloth wrapped around her waist. The child's hair is short and appears similar in color to the woman's. There are no visible accessories or objects besides the sheer cloth. The background consists of a plain, vertical grid pattern visible behind them in each frame.

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Provenance

Eadweard Muybridge, Philadelphia, PA; purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1887; acquired by NGA, 2014.

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Inscriptions

printed, lower center underneath image in black ink: ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. PLATE. 35 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.35


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