Plate Number 773. Ostrich running

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of an ostrich in motion. The image is a sequence of multiple frames capturing the ostrich as it moves through different phases of its gait. The layout consists of several rows and columns, each showing a slightly different position of the ostrich, effectively demonstrating a detailed study of its movement. The photographs are in black and white. The background is plain.

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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. 773 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.681

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