Plate Number 652. Horses rearing, etc.

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph showing a sequence of black-and-white images of horses in motion. The images feature various horses in different actions such as rearing up, walking, and running. Each row captures a unique action sequence showing the horses' movement transitioning from frame to frame. The background is a solid pattern that does not divert attention from the horses. Some sequences show a horse being led on a rope, while others show two horses walking side by side. The arrangement of the images resembles a film strip and emphasizes the study of motion.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 23 × 32 cm (9 1/16 × 12 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 47.63 × 60.33 cm (18 3/4 × 23 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.618

  • Series Title

    Animal Locomotion: An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Eadweard Muybridge, Philadelphia, PA; purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1887; acquired by NGA, 2014.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

printed, lower center underneath image in black ink: ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. PLATE. 652 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.598

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