Plate Number 386. Miner, using a pick

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of sequential images showing a person using a pickaxe. The image consists of a grid of 24 black and white frames, each capturing a moment in the action sequence, creating a composite of motion. The sequence depicts a person wielding a pickaxe, starting from holding it back to swinging it forward and completing the strike. The progression captures the fluidity of motion in a detailed and analytical manner, emphasizing the mechanics of movement. The monochromatic tonality adds a sense of timelessness, and the structured layout highlights the progression and rhythm.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 26.5 × 25.4 cm (10 7/16 × 10 in.)
    sheet: 47.4 × 60.2 cm (18 11/16 × 23 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.405

  • 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. 386 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.370

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