Plate Number 177. Crossing brook on stepping-stones with fishing pole and a basket

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image shows three rows of photographs depicting a person walking in motion. The person is shown from different angles, with long hair styled in braids. They are carrying a basket on their back and holding a stick or rod. The background features a wire grid and the ground is uneven with stones.

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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. 177 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.177


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