Plate Number 276. Baseball, batting

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a series of frames capturing the sequential motion of a baseball swing. The image is divided into three rows, each displaying multiple frames that together demonstrate the process of swinging a baseball bat from preparation to follow-through. The subject in the frames is shown performing the motion in what appears to be a controlled environment. The series focuses on capturing each stage of the action with precision and clarity.

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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. 276 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.262

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