Plate Number 685. Fallow deer, buck and doe, trotting

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of two deer walking through a wooded area. The image is a sequence of black and white frames showing the motion of two deer walking past trees and wooden structures. The top row of frames displays a larger deer with antlers in various stages of walking, followed closely by a smaller deer. The positions of the deer change slightly throughout the sequence, capturing different phases of their gait. The background consists of vertical tree trunks and a rustic wooden fence in a natural setting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.5 × 37 cm (8 1/16 × 14 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 47.63 × 60.33 cm (18 3/4 × 23 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.629

  • 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. 685 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.609

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