Plate Number 724. Lion walking and turning around

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequence showing a lion walking away. The image is divided into twelve panels capturing various stages of a lion moving along a narrow path. Each panel shows the lion's position shifting slightly in a time-lapse sequence documenting its movement. The setting features rough ground and wooden structures to the side.

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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. 724 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.632

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