Plate Number 292. Cricket, batting and back cut

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is an image of a sequential series with a person swinging a cricket bat. The image shows multiple frames arranged in two rows, capturing the movement and actions of the subject holding a cricket bat in various stages of swinging. Each frame displays the progression of the swing from different angles and positions. The background includes a grid-like pattern and a set of stumps, suggesting a cricket scenario. The images seem to be part of a study on human movement in sports for educational or scientific purposes.

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Artwork history & notes

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. 292 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.278


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