Plate Number 755. Pigeon flying

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph showing a sequence capturing the flight of a bird. The image is divided into two horizontal strips, each featuring a series of frames documenting the motion of the bird in flight. The upper row shows the bird in a side view against a grid background, illustrating continuous motion from left to right. The lower row depicts the bird from the front against a similar background, showing various phases of wing movement and body position during flight.

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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. 755 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.663

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