Plate Number 569. "Hansel" hauling

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a horse in motion, depicted through a series of consecutive frames capturing its gait. The image is a compilation of multiple smaller black-and-white photographs arranged in a grid, showing a horse as it walks in profile view. Each frame captures a distinct moment in the horse's stride, illustrating the fluidity and mechanics of its movement. The horse is shown with a harness and appears to be moving against a neutral backdrop with subtle grid lines, emphasizing the focus on its movement. The sequence is arranged in four rows with four frames each, providing a comprehensive study of the horse's walking pattern.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.2 × 31 cm (9 1/2 × 12 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 48.26 × 60.96 cm (19 × 24 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.538

  • Series Title

    Animal Locomotion: An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements

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. 569 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.515

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