Plate Number 36. Walking and carrying a child on left arm

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image is a sequence of twelve frames showing a woman walking with a child in her arms from left to right. The woman has her hair tied back, a subtle facial profile, and wears a long gown. The child has short, light-colored hair. The setting includes a grid backdrop and faint grid lines on the ground.

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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. 36 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.36

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