Plate Number 601. "Beauty" trotting, saddled

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a horse moving at various gaits. The image showcases a sequence of still frames capturing a horse and rider in motion, from both side and rear perspective, illustrating the horse's gait. The top two rows present a lateral view of a horse in various stages of action, while the bottom row shows a rear view. This series of photographs is indicative of motion study.

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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. 601 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.547

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