Plate Number 759. Cockatoo flying

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a cockatoo's wing motion on a grid background. The image shows multiple frames capturing the stages of a bird's flight. Each frame presents a different position of the bird and its wings, demonstrating the movement and variations in its wings as it flies. The photograph is an example of an early attempt to study motion, capturing the sequence in a clear, systematic way that highlights both the grace and mechanics of avian 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. 759 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.667

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