Plate Number 472. Child crawling up stairs

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequence showing a child climbing onto a small platform. The series comprises multiple frames that capture sequential movements. The child begins at ground level and gradually ascends a step or platform, with each frame documenting a moment of action. The background consists of a grid. The black and white tones and the grid setup suggest a scientific or analytical approach to studying the motion, typical of early photographic studies.

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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. 472 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.433

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