Plate Number 295. Lawn tennis

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequential series of images depicting a person performing a tennis stroke. The photograph consists of multiple panels, each capturing a frame of movement in a stop-motion style. The subject is seen in different stages of a tennis activity, holding a racquet and engaging with a tennis ball. The image is arranged in a grid format. The background features a grid pattern. The subject's attire includes a long skirt and a hat. The entire composition is uncolored.

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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. 295 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.281


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