Plate Number 748. Baboon walking on all fours

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a baboon walking. The image features multiple frames laid out in a grid, capturing the sequence of the baboon's motion. Each frame shows a different stage in the baboon's stride. The background is a plain surface with a grid pattern. This methodical approach to capturing motion is reminiscent of early studies of animal locomotion, using sequential photography to analyze movement.

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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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printed, lower center underneath image in black ink: ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. PLATE. 748 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.656

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