Plate Number 745. Raccoon walking and turning around

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is an image showing a raccoon in a grid-lined background, moving from left to right. The image is composed of multiple frames depicting different stages of the raccoon's motion. Each frame shows a slight progression as the raccoon moves, highlighting its body postures, leg positioning, and tail movement. The grid serves as a reference for observing the animal's actions with accuracy. The sequence documents the nuances of the raccoon's gait in a scientific manner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.7 × 38 cm (7 3/4 × 14 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 47.63 × 60.33 cm (18 3/4 × 23 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.670

  • 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. 745 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.653

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