Plate Number 460. Carrying a jar on shoulder and basket in hand and placing them on the ground

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This image features a sequence of frames showing a person engaging in tasks with a basket and a jug. The grid pattern arrangement displays various postures and actions in black and white. The setting is simple, potentially outdoors with a patterned floor and plain background, emphasizing the subject's movements. The sequential photography style resembles early motion studies aiming to depict human motion mechanics.

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Provenance

Eadweard Muybridge, Philadelphia, PA; purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1887; acquired by NGA, 2014.

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Inscriptions

printed, lower center underneath image in black ink: ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. PLATE. 460 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.421

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