Plate Number 473. Child walking up stairs

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image depicts a sequence of photographs featuring a child climbing and descending stairs. The child has medium-length, wavy hair and their facial features are shown in profile or facing away from the camera. The child is not wearing any clothing or jewelry. Horizontal lines around the stairs suggest a fence or structure in the background. The background is a plain, light grey surface.

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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. 473 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.434

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