Plate Number 542. Spastic walking

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph showing two rows of black and white frames illustrating progressive stages of a figure's motion. The top row shows the side view of a figure taking steps from left to right, while the bottom row shows the back view of the same figure moving in small steps across the frame. Each frame is numbered to track the sequential flow of movement.

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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. 542 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.494

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