Plate Number 576. "Eagle" walking, free

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a horse walking, captured in multiple sequential frames. The image features a series of frames taken in quick succession, showing a horse walking along a pathway. The top row illustrates the horse in profile view, while the bottom row captures the rear view as it moves away from the camera. The background is plain, which emphasizes the form and movement of the horse.

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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. 576 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.522

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