Plate Number 105. Turning and ascending stairs, a water jar on left shoulder

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph showing a subject carrying a round object up a series of steps. The image is composed of multiple frames arranged in a grid, each capturing a different moment in time as the subject moves up the stairs. The background features a textured surface with a grid-like pattern, while the foreground focuses on the subject's interaction with the stairs and the carried item.

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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. 105 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.105

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