Plate Number 139. Descending stairs and turning

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image shows a woman ascending a set of steps in a series of full-body views. The woman is captured in various angles as she walks. Her facial features are partially visible, and she has styled hair. She wears a long dress with a floral pattern on the skirt and a high collar, with no visible jewelry. The background is a plain, vertical grid, and the steps are consistent 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. 139 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.139

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