Plate Number 349. Fencing

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of two individuals engaged in a sequence of fencing actions. The image consists of a series of twelve black-and-white frames, each showing two subjects who are captured in a step-by-step motion study. They appear to be fencing, holding thin swords while standing on a grid-marked platform. The setting appears methodical and scientific, reminiscent of an early motion capture study, where different stances, thrusts, and defenses are displayed in progression. The grid lines in the background and on the floor serve as a reference to measure and document the movement of each figure in their poses, emphasizing the study of bodily motion and dynamics.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.8 × 41.8 cm (7 × 16 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 47.8 × 60.3 cm (18 13/16 × 23 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.373

  • 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. 349 / Copyright, 1887. by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.334

Wikidata ID

Q64147047

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