Plate Number 556. Local chorea, lying down

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequential movement study. The image shows a series of smaller images arranged in a grid, capturing a sequence of motions over time. Each frame shows a specific moment as a subject lies on a flat surface, raising an arm, with the presence of an observer or assistant in some frames. The layout indicates a scientific or experimental approach to capturing movement and positions, possibly within a photographic exploration of the mechanics of human motion. The grid presentation emphasizes the step-by-step analysis of these movements.

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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. 556 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.504


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