Plate Number 763. Red-tailed hawk flying

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequence of an eagle in flight. The image is composed of twenty-four frames, each showing a progressive stage of the eagle's flight. The frames are organized in a grid pattern with four rows of six images each. Each individual frame captures a moment of the eagle as it moves, flaps its wings, and changes its posture mid-air. The background consists of a neutral grid. The photographic sequence provides a detailed study of the bird's natural movement, capturing the grace and power of the eagle as it navigates through the air.

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Artwork history & notes

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. 763 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.671


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