Plate Number 648. "Hornet" jumping over three horses

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a horse jumping over other horses, captured in multiple frames. The full-sequence image is a collection of numerous black and white frames arranged in a grid. Each frame captures a different moment in the movement of a light-colored horse as it leaps over a row of dark-colored horses. The frames showcase a sequence that reveals the dynamics of the jump and the horse's body positions mid-air, landing, and preparing for another jump. This series is an early study of motion, capturing the essence of movement in static images.

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Artwork history & notes

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. 648 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.594


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