Plate Number 766. Vulture flying

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a bird in flight captured in sequential frames. The image consists of two rows of closely spaced grids with small, black-and-white photographs showing different stages of the bird's wing movements. The numbered frames allow for a systematic view of the bird's motion, showcasing the grace and complexity of 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. 766 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.674

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