Plate Number 599. "Dusel" trotting, bareback

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph showing a sequence of a horse walking. It features frames in two rows, detailing each moment of the horse's stride. The first row shows the horse from the front, and the second from behind. The frames highlight the motion of the horse's legs as it walks, against a plain background. The sequence captures the natural movement of the horse's limbs as it walks.

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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. 599 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.545

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