Plate Number 486. A: Lawn tennis. B: Ascending a step. C: Descending a step. D: Ascending a ladder

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image consists of 24 frames showing a male figure in motion. The man is captured in various poses such as playing tennis, walking, ascending stairs, and climbing a ladder. He appears sideways in most frames with short dark hair. The man is nude, displaying his body as he performs different actions. He holds a tennis racket in the first row of images. The background is a plain, dark surface with props like stairs and a ladder. Each pose is part of a progressive sequence showing fluid motion.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 22 × 34.6 cm (8 11/16 × 13 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 48.26 × 60.96 cm (19 × 24 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.476

  • 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. 486 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.446

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