Plate Number 297. Lawn tennis

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequence of images showing motion through time. The black and white sequence is composed of multiple frames arranged in a grid pattern, each capturing a moment in a tennis swing. These images collectively illustrate the progression of motion as if the frames were taken in quick succession, highlighting the mechanics and fluidity of movement. A backdrop of grid lines adds contextual depth.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.7 × 33 cm (8 15/16 × 13 in.)
    sheet: 47.4 × 60.3 cm (18 11/16 × 23 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.324

  • 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. 297 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.283

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