Plate Number 328. Rowing

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequence showing a figure engaged in a rowing motion. The image is composed of multiple black and white frames arranged in a grid pattern, each capturing a different phase of the figure's movement. The top row shows a side view, the middle row displays a back view, and the bottom row presents a frontal view. The setting is stark with a gridded background, which suggests a scientific or experimental study of motion, emphasizing the anatomical and mechanical aspects of the subject's body in motion.

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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. 328 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.313


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