Plate Number 738. Bactrian camel walking

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a series of black-and-white photographs showing a camel walking in multiple sequential frames. The images depict the camel at different stages of its stride, emphasizing its gait and movement. The consistent lighting highlights the texture of the camel's fur and its body features as it walks.

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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. 738 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.646

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