Plate Number 598. "Daisy" trotting, saddled

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a horse in motion. The image shows a sequence of frames showing the fluid motion of a horse traveling in a trot from left to right. The horse is depicted in a series of parallel horizontal strips, each consisting of a set of images capturing different moments of the horse's movement cycle. Each frame illustrates variations in the horse's legs and body positioning, providing a detailed study of its motion. The background is a neutral tone.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.1 × 28.2 cm (9 1/2 × 11 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 47.63 × 60.33 cm (18 3/4 × 23 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.566

  • 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. 598 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.544

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