Plate Number 621. "Annie G." cantering, saddled

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph showing a horse in motion captured in sequential frames. The image features two horizontal rows of photographs capturing the movement of a galloping horse from different angles. The top row shows side views, while the bottom row displays front views of the horse in motion. Each frame in the sequence documents the incremental motion of the horse during the gallop.

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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. 621 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.567

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