Plate Number 466. Child bringing a bouqet to a woman

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image shows a grid of photographs capturing a sequence of movements between an adult and a child. The adult is positioned from the back in various stages of kneeling or sitting on a mat while interacting with the standing child. Both individuals have light hair. The adult is draped in a light cloth around the waist and has hair tied back, suggesting a female. The child is unclothed and holds a small object. The background features lined patterns, suggesting an enclosed space.

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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. 466 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.427

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