Plate Number 210. Stooping and lifting a dress, a fan in left hand

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a series of black and white photographs showing a figure in a long dress moving across a grid-lined background. The sequence is presented as a grid of three rows, each containing a series of consecutive moments. Each image displays a slight progression of movement. The grid background acts as a reference point for analyzing motion. The structured images capture different angles and postures in a controlled setting, indicating a study in photographically capturing motion.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 28.8 × 24.6 cm (11 5/16 × 9 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 47.6 × 60.2 cm (18 3/4 × 23 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.252

  • 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. 210 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.210

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