Plate Number 267. Turning and changing position while on the ground

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a series of images showing a figure in flowing clothing performing movements on a grid-marked platform. The images are displayed in a grid pattern, capturing the progression of the figure's poses. The setting includes a wooden platform and a dark, plain backdrop highlighting the motion of the fabric as the figure moves. The grid lines and numbered frames suggest a scientific or study-oriented approach to capturing motion.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 15.7 × 45.3 cm (6 3/16 × 17 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 47.8 × 60.2 cm (18 13/16 × 23 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.294

  • 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. 267 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.253

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