Plate Number 743. Guanaco galloping

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequence showing a llama in motion. The image is arranged in a grid format with twelve black and white frames, each capturing a different moment in the walking or trotting sequence of the llama. The animal appears to be in an enclosed space, indicated by the visible features such as the ground and a fence in the background. Each frame captures the positions of its legs as it moves, providing a study of its gait and physical motion. The photographs are likely part of a motion study series, capturing detailed dynamic movement.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.86 × 33.02 cm (9 × 13 in.)
    sheet: 46.3 × 60.33 cm (18 1/4 × 23 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.668

  • 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. 743 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.651

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