Plate Number 168. Jumping over a boy's back (leapfrog)

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of two individuals vaulting and jumping. The image shows a sequence of frames in two rows illustrating the progression of motion. Each row depicts stages of an action similar to leapfrogging in a series of stills. The black and white images are numbered and aligned with a grid and curtain backdrop. The image offers a detailed view of dynamic activity, reflecting the study of motion.

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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. 168 / Copyright 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.168

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