Plate Number 727. Lioness walking and lion lying down

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a series of twelve black and white images showing a lioness interacting with a lion. The images display the lioness approaching and engaging with the lion, who is lying down facing her. The background consists of a plain wall and a dirt or gravel surface. The images suggest a gentle interaction and potential communication between the two animals as the lioness moves closer to the lion. Each frame shows a slight change in movement, giving a sense of progression through the sequence.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.69 × 40.64 cm (7 3/4 × 16 in.)
    sheet: 47.63 × 60.33 cm (18 3/4 × 23 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.653

  • 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. 727 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.635

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