Plate Number 483. A: Lifting a basket. B: Running and waving a handkerchief

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a sequence of images depicting movements involving carrying a basket and using an umbrella. The photographs show various stages of action in a grid-like format. Each row shows a progression from picking up a basket to performing a gesture with an umbrella. The subject is wearing a long dress, and the images are in black and white with a plain background and grid lines to highlight the motion sequence. The photograph showcases early motion photography techniques by capturing movement step by step and nuances in posture and action across frames.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 32.1 × 25 cm (12 5/8 × 9 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 48.26 × 60.96 cm (19 × 24 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.473

  • Series Title

    Animal Locomotion: An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Eadweard Muybridge, Philadelphia, PA; purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1887; acquired by NGA, 2014.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

printed, lower center underneath image in black ink: ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. PLATE. 483 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.443

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