Plate Number 135. Descending stairs and turning, a lamp in right hand

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image features a sequence of photographs showing a woman in various positions while taking steps down a small set of stairs. She is holding a small object resembling a lamp in her extended right arm. She appears to have short to medium-length hair tied back, wearing a long gown with fringe details, a sash around her waist, bracelets, and sandals. The background is a dark grid.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.1 × 33.1 cm (8 11/16 × 13 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 47.5 × 60.15 cm (18 11/16 × 23 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.184

  • 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. 135 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.135

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