Plate Number 590. "Clinton" ambling, bareback; rider nude

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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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 sequential frames capturing the movement of a light-colored horse against a dark background. Each frame displays the horse in a slightly different position, capturing its motion as it appears to be trotting or walking. The sequence demonstrates the horse's motions with detailed precision.

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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. 590 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.536

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