Plate Number 352. "Shoulder," "order" and "carry arms"

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image is a grid of 24 frames showcasing a man in different poses holding a rifle. Each frame captures the full body of the man, who is standing in various positions, often transitioning through the motions of handling a rifle. The man has distinct facial features, a mustache, and short cropped hair. He is minimally dressed in a loincloth with a belt around his waist. The background is a consistent dark gridded wall. The man handles a rifle in different ways, depicting firearm handling in a static scene of repetitive action.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.6 × 30.3 cm (9 11/16 × 11 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 48.5 × 61.3 cm (19 1/8 × 24 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.375

  • 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. 352 / Copyright 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.337

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