Plate Number 208. Dropping a fan and stooping to lift it

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequential study capturing motion over time. The image displays a series of frames, twelve in total, arranged in two rows of six photographs each. Each frame captures a different stage of motion of a figure walking and bending. The figure wears a long dress, and the motion is depicted against a gridded backdrop. The sequence shows the progress of walking, bending forward, and the dragging of the dress. The consistent background grid helps analyze and compare the movements between each frame systematically.

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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. 208 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.208


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