Plate Number 567. "Billy" hauling

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a horse in motion. The image consists of a series of twelve frames capturing a horse as it walks. Each frame shows the horse in slightly different stages of movement, showcasing the position of its legs and body as it strides forward. The horse is harnessed. These individual photographs are arranged in two rows of six, allowing for a side-by-side view which demonstrates the progression of the horse's motion.

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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. 567 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.513

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