Plate Number 296. Lawn tennis

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequential series showing a person with a racket. The series is split into multiple frames capturing various moments of continuous motion. The person is holding a racket, likely involved in a sport activity. They are wearing a long striped skirt, a dark top, and a hat. The background is plain, keeping the focus on the motion depicted in each frame. The layout and framing indicate a study of motion or early motion photography exploration.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.3 × 33 cm (8 3/4 × 13 in.)
    sheet: 47.5 × 60.3 cm (18 11/16 × 23 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.323

  • 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. 296 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.282

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