Plate Number 301. Football, punt

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a sequence of athletic movements involving a ball. The image is composed of multiple frames arranged in three rows, capturing a series of movements systematically. The background features a grid or mesh texture. The overall appearance has a vintage aesthetic with a monochromatic sepia tone reminiscent of early motion photography.

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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. 301 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.287

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