Plate Number 764. Fish hawk flying

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a series of images showing the sequential motion of a bird in flight. The top row displays the bird from a side view with flapping wings in different flight phases, separated by vertical grid lines. The bottom row shows the bird from a front-facing angle with wings in varying positions. The bird is captured against a textured grid pattern background, emphasizing its detailed flight motion and structure.

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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. 764 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.672

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