Plate Number 696. Eland trotting

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a series of 12 black and white frames arranged in a 4x3 grid showing a walking antelope with short, straight horns and a thin frame moving across a flat, dirt surface in a fenced enclosure. Each frame captures a different moment in the animal's gait, illustrating its motion. The photography style focuses on motion study, detailing the positioning of the creature and shadows on its body as it moves.

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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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printed, lower center underneath image in black ink: ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. PLATE. 696 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.620

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