Plate Number 206. Carrying a water jar on head, turning and placing it on the ground

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image shows a series of photographs of a person moving from standing upright to gradually bending down while holding a pot above their head and then in front of them. The person's face is not clearly visible, they are wearing a cap and a long, light-colored dress. They hold the pot above their head with both hands. The background contains a pattern of horizontal lines, indicating an exterior setting with a structured surface.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.8 × 36.85 cm (8 3/16 × 14 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 47.5 × 60.1 cm (18 11/16 × 23 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.248

  • 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. 206 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.206

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