Plate Number 388. Farmer, using a spade

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image is a series of photographs showing a nude man digging with a spade. The man is depicted from various angles as he engages in the activity. He has short hair and some frames show his facial features. In each frame, he holds a spade, with a background of a patterned wall or fence and ground covered in a light material. No other objects are visible.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.1 × 41.7 cm (7 1/8 × 16 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 48.3 × 61.2 cm (19 × 24 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.407

  • 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 388 / Copyright 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.372

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