Mr. Muybridge Showing His Instantaneous Photographs of Animal Motion at the Royal Society, Illustrated London News

May 25, 1889

J. Walter Wilson

Associated Names
J. Walter Wilson

Artist, British

An elderly man is depicted standing and facing left, holding a pointer in his left hand. In front of him is a projection showing a silhouette of a jockey on a galloping horse. The man has distinctive facial features, including deep-set eyes, a large beard, and bushy eyebrows. He has white, somewhat disheveled hair and is dressed in formal attire with a dark jacket over a light shirt with a high collar. The background includes a circular frame highlighting the projected image.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving on newsprint

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase)

  • Dimensions

    image: 30.5 × 23.5 cm (12 × 9 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 40.01 × 28.89 cm (15 3/4 × 11 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.117.287

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Catherine Dring, U.K.; purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2008; acquired by NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2010

  • Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change, Exploration Gallery, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, April 10 – July 18, 2010

Bibliography

2010

  • Eadweard Muybridge. Exh. cat., The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Tate, London; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco. London, 2010: 216, fig. 107.

Inscriptions

on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 2012.002.002

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