Plate Number 187. Dancing (fancy)

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a set of twelve sequential images showing a figure in flowing fabric posing against a gridded backdrop. The fabric trails elegantly, emphasizing the figure's movement. The grid lines provide a reference for the scale and direction of the movement. Each photograph captures a different moment in the sequence.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 18 × 42.5 cm (7 1/16 × 16 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 47.75 × 60.2 cm (18 13/16 × 23 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.230

  • 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. 187 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.187

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