Plate Number 650. "Eagle" walking with a bucket in mouth

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph showing a horse in motion in a sequence of twelve frames. The frames display different stages of the horse's stride as it walks in a side profile view. The background is plain and dark, contrasting with the light-colored horse. Each frame captures the positions of the horse's legs in a systematic manner, highlighting the grace and fluidity of its movement. The image is an example of motion photography, documenting animal locomotion.

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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. 650 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.596

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