Plate Number 462. Pouring a libation on the ground and drinking from a goblet

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequence of motion studies featuring a figure in various poses. The image is composed of a grid of multiple black and white photograph frames, capturing the movement of a figure wearing a long, flowing garment. The figure appears to be engaged in a series of actions, such as walking and lifting an object, spanning the different rows of the grid. Each frame captures a moment in time, showing the fluidity and progression of movement. The background consists of a lined surface.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.5 × 41.2 cm (7 5/16 × 16 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 47.63 × 60.33 cm (18 3/4 × 23 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.454

  • 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. 462 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.423

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