Plate Number 231. Stooping to arrange train and turning

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image shows a sequence of black and white photographs of a woman in a long gown. She is captured in different poses, including walking and bending slightly. The woman's face is not clearly visible due to the small size of each frame, and her hair is styled up. The gown has a high neckline, puffed sleeves, a fitted bodice, and a long skirt with a train. The background features grooved panels, suggesting a studio setting with a patterned surface resembling tiles. There are no visible accessories or objects in the frames.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 27.7 × 26.5 cm (10 7/8 × 10 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 47.63 × 60.33 cm (18 3/4 × 23 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.267

  • 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. 231 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.225

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