Motions of Animals Illustrated by the Instantaneous Photographs of Mr. Muybridge, Illustrated London News

May 25, 1889

J. Walter Wilson

Associated Names
J. Walter Wilson

Artist, British

This is a drawing of multiple depictions of motion and anatomy studies. The full-page image features various illustrations portraying different subjects in motion. The top section shows sequential illustrations of a bird's wing movement as it flies. Below this are five separate framed illustrations: a dancing silhouette in an oval frame, a galloping horse, a horse with a cart, a feline mid-stride, and a crawling child. The bottom row displays two separate drawings of horses and riders jumping, along with a static horse preparing for action. Each image offers a detailed study of movement through illustrative techniques.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving on newsprint

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase)

  • Dimensions

    image: 32 × 23.5 cm (12 5/8 × 9 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 40.2 × 28.7 cm (15 13/16 × 11 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.117.288


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

Inscriptions

on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 2012.002.003


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