Plate Number 475. Child getting up on a chair

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image shows a series of frames of a naked child climbing onto a chair. The child's long hair is brown and cascades towards their shoulders. The child interacts with a wooden chair in each frame, using it to ascend. The backdrop features a grid-like pattern. The images are in black and white.

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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. 475 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.436

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