Plate Number 539. Infantile paralysis, child walking on hands and feet

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of sequential movement. The image captures a series of still frames arranged in a grid, showcasing the motion of a subject crawling on all fours across a mat. The background remains consistently dark. Each frame is numbered and captures a specific moment in time as the subject transitions from one pose to the next. The grid-like arrangement of the individual frames gives the full composition a scientific and analytical appearance.

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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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Inscriptions

printed, lower center underneath image in black ink: ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. PLATE. 539 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.491

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