Plate Number 354. "Carry arms," "parade rest" and "trail arms"

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequential study depicting the motion of a figure performing a series of actions. The image shows a grid arrangement of 24 frames, each capturing a static pose of a figure holding a rifle. Each row shows a different perspective of the figure — the top row features a frontal view while the bottom row showcases a side profile. The figure is standing against a gridded backdrop.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.9 × 30.8 cm (9 13/16 × 12 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 48.25 × 61.15 cm (19 × 24 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.377

  • 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. 354 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.339

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