Plate Number 731. Jaguar. A: Walking. B: Turning around

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a series of black and white photographs of a jaguar walking. The jaguar is shown in side profile from different angles in each frame, capturing its progressive steps. The background is a fence, giving a traditional zoological setting. The jaguar's spotted coat is visible as it gracefully moves in each numbered frame.

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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. 731 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.639

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