Plate Number 183. Walking on hands and feet

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a series capturing movement. The image is a grid of sequential black-and-white photographs that detail a step-by-step progression of motion. The backdrop features a lined chart. Each frame captures a slightly different position, revealing the fluid transition of motion within a single sequence. The lighting is even, with the focus clearly on the subject of the movement across consecutive stills. This composition conveys a sense of study and observation.

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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. 183 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.183

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