Plate Number 740. Bactrian camel galloping

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a series of sixteen black-and-white photographs showing the sequential movement of a walking camel. The background is plain and helps in focusing on the camel's motion. The images depict various positions in the camel's gait cycle, highlighting the muscular and joint movements involved in its stride.

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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. 740 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.648

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