Plate Number 608. "Flode Holden" trotting, harnessed to sulky

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a series of sequential shots showing a horse pulling a cart. The photographs capture different phases of the horse's gait, with variations in the position of the horse's legs and the wheels of the cart. The background is neutral, focusing the viewer's attention on the movement depicted across the frames. This style is characteristic of early motion studies.

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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. 608 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.554

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