Plate Number 392. Dragging a garden roller

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a series of frames capturing a figure in motion with a pole. The full-description: The image consists of a grid layout featuring a sequence of frames depicting the figure moving with a pole. The top row shows a side view with the figure starting in a forward-leaning stance and gradually progressing forward. Each frame captures a slightly different position. The bottom row provides a rear view of the movement sequence, starting with a nearly static posture and transitioning through subtle shifts in motion. The background contains a grid for reference. The use of black and white and the emphasis on different angles provide a detailed analysis of the motion.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.4 × 34.6 cm (8 7/16 × 13 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 47.7 × 60.2 cm (18 3/4 × 23 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.411

  • 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. 392 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.376

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