Plate Number 584. "Beauty" walking, saddled, irregular

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a horse in motion captured in sequential frames. The image shows multiple frames that depict the phases of a horse's movement while walking, from both side and rear views. The top section displays a lateral view of the horse in profile, illustrating the progression of its gait. The bottom section shows a rear view, revealing the changes in the horse's stride from behind. This type of study is commonly linked with the exploration of motion and locomotion in the pre-cinematic era.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.2 × 37.8 cm (7 9/16 × 14 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 47.63 × 60.33 cm (18 3/4 × 23 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.552

  • 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. 584 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.530

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