Plate Number 657. "Lotta" rolling a box

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a black-and-white image showing a horse walking and interacting with a box. The sequence consists of twelve frames capturing the horse at different stages of its movement along a platform while encountering the tilted box. The images are arranged in two rows of six, showcasing the mechanics of the horse's gait and its reaction to the box. The controlled setting suggests a scientific study of 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. 657 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.603

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