Plate Number 588. "Reuben" walking, harnessed to sulky

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a series of twelve frames showing a horse pulling a carriage with a rider. The sequence displays the horse's gait and movement over time, with its legs in different positions in each frame. The horse is harnessed to a two-wheeled cart and is shown in profile against a plain background. The lighting highlights the horse's muscles and form.

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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. 588 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.534

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