Plate Number 612. "Dercum" trotting, harnessed to sulky

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a series of frames depicting a horse pulling a cart from various angles. The frames capture the sequential movements of the horse, showing its legs, body, and the cart's wheels in detail. The top row displays the side view, while the bottom row shows a front view. The frames focus on the horse's movement, resembling studies of animal locomotion in early photography.

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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. 612 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.558

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