Plate Number 749. Baboon climbing a pole

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a baboon climbing a pole, captured in a series of frames. The image consists of two rows, each containing six sequential frames showing the motion of a baboon ascending a vertical pole. In each frame, the baboon is seen at slightly different stages of its climb. The grid in the background may serve as a reference for scientific or analytical purposes. The composition is monochromatic.

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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. 749 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.657

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