Plate Number 509. Shoeing a horse

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image is a composite of sequential photographs showing a man interacting with a horse. The man is in full body view, moving around the horse to perform tasks related to farriery. He is sometimes bent over and other times standing upright. The man has short, dark hair and is nude. The horse is a light-colored animal standing near a structure with large lattice grids in the background. The setting appears to be an indoor stable or studio with wooden flooring and artificial lighting. Besides a workbench and various tools nearby, the background is unobtrusive, focusing attention on the man and horse interaction.

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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. 509 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.465


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