Plate Number 602. "Smith" trotting, bareback; rider nude

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a series showing a horse in motion. The image is composed of multiple panels, each capturing a sequence of movements of a horse being ridden. The series shows profiles of the horse in motion from the side and from behind, illustrating different stages of its walk cycle. The background is a plain setting, allowing the focus to be on the movements captured in each frame. The arrangement and method of this photographic sequence emphasize capturing dynamic movement through a series of still images.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.7 × 37.9 cm (7 3/4 × 14 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 48.26 × 60.96 cm (19 × 24 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.569

  • 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. 602 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.548

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