Plate Number 65. Running at full speed

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequence showing a running figure. The layout consists of twelve separate frames depicting a figure in varied stages of a running motion. The upper row of images captures the figure in profile, whereas the lower row captures the same motion from behind. Each frame displays a distinct phase of the gait cycle, showing the anatomical movement. The backgrounds in the images above display a lined board, aiding in the analysis of motion, while the ones below show a pathway. The figure moves from left to right in the upper sequence and towards the viewer in the lower sequence, demonstrating a comprehensive study of movement.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.4 × 43.9 cm (6 7/16 × 17 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 47.6 × 60.2 cm (18 3/4 × 23 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.116

  • 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. 65 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.65

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