Plate Number 470. Child running after a man

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph showing a grid of multiple frames capturing the sequential movement of a clothed and unclothed figure walking side by side against a grid-lined backdrop. The images depict a study in human and animal motion, with various postures and limb positions. The background features grid lines, potentially for scientific purposes, creating an animated effect when viewed together.

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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. 470 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.431

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