Plate Number 396. Pounding with a mallet

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a series of images showing sequential actions involving a tool. The frames capture continuous movement, with a figure holding a long object against a grid backdrop. The bottom row shows the figure interacting with a soft object on the ground using the tool. The images are methodical and systematic, suitable for biomechanics or kinematics studies.

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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. 396 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.380


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