Plate Number 290. Cricket, overarm bowling

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge
Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904
This is a photograph of a sequence of actions. The image includes a series of black and white photographs arranged in a grid format, capturing a detailed motion study. Each frame presents a different moment in a repetitive action, demonstrating the dynamic movement of a subject against a grid-lined background. The neutral backdrop and evenly lit setting allow for precise analysis of the depicted action through the sequential images.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 15.8 × 45.1 cm (6 1/4 × 17 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 48.3 × 61.2 cm (19 × 24 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.317

  • 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. 290 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.276

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