Plate Number 594. "Pronto" pacing, harnessed to sulky

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This image shows a series of photographs capturing the motion of a horse pulling a cart. The sequence depicts different stages of the horse trotting with the cart, displaying variations in the horse's legs and the cart's position. The images include side and rear views of the horse and cart in multiple frames.

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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. 594 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.540

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