Plate Number 656. "Bob" walking, free, ossification of cartilage, right front foot

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a horse in motion depicted in a sequence of frames. The image consists of multiple black and white frames arranged in a grid pattern, capturing a horse walking across a marked path. Each frame shows the different stages of the horse's gait. The top two rows display side profile views, while the bottom row presents the horse moving towards the camera. The sequential arrangement of the frames is likely part of a study on motion.

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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. 656 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.602

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