Plate Number 739. Bactrian camel galloping

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a camel in motion captured in a series of sequential images. The image features a grid of 16 frames, each depicting a two-humped camel at different stages of walking and running. The series documents the various positions of the camel’s legs and body as it moves from left to right across the frame. The backgrounds are plain, emphasizing the movement and form of the camel. The layout highlights the beauty and complexity of animal locomotion.

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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. 739 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.647

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