Plate Number 487. A: Ascending a step. B: Lifting a handkerchief from the ground. C: Walking. D: Running

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a series of images showing sequential movements of a figure in a dress performing various activities. The photograph is a collection of multiple individual frames arranged in rows, each capturing a different stage of movement. The top row features the figure ascending steps, the middle and lower rows show the figure in a layered dress and hat, holding a parasol and performing various actions. The background is dark, emphasizing the figure in each frame.

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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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printed, lower center underneath image in black ink: ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. PLATE 487 / Copyright 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.447

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