Plate Number 359. Charging bayonet

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a series of sequential images capturing movement. The image shows a series of frames arranged in a grid, each depicting the motion in a consistent setting. The background is a lined or gridded curtain or wall that aids in analyzing movement. The photos are likely part of a study in locomotion, showing movement through various stages across the grid. The frames illustrate a change in position that can be analyzed for differences in posture and motion over time, captured in documentary-style photography.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.6 × 41.1 cm (7 5/16 × 16 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 48.4 × 61.1 cm (19 1/16 × 24 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4114

  • Series Title

    Animal Locomotion: An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Eadweard Muybridge, Philadelphia, PA; purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1887; acquired by NGA, 2014.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

printed, lower center underneath image in black ink: ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. PLATE. 359 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.344

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