Plate Number 491. A, B: Hammering at an anvil. C: Using a hatchet. D: Sawing a board
1887
Eadweard Muybridge
Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904
Artwork overview
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Medium
collotype
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 23.7 × 30.6 cm (9 5/16 × 12 1/16 in.)
sheet: 48.26 × 60.96 cm (19 × 24 in.) -
Accession Number
2014.79.481
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. 491 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.451