Plate Number 744. Raccoon walking, changing to a gallop

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a raccoon's motion captured in sequential frames. The image shows several frames lined up in three rows, depicting the raccoon as it walks. Each frame shows a small increment of movement. The raccoon is against a background that seems lined or gridded, possibly for measuring or studying its movements. The frames are numbered to track the sequence of gait. The raccoon, with its banded tail and masked face, is the central focus of this analysis of motion.

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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. 744 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.652

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