Plate Number 777. Storks, swans, etc.

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a series of images depicting birds. The photograph shows multiple smaller frames arranged in a grid, each capturing different moments of birds near a water body. Some birds are walking, some are flapping their wings, and a few are standing still. The sequence gives a sense of motion and progression, like a film-strip effect, showcasing the birds' interactions in a natural setting by water with fencing in the background.

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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. 777 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.685

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