Plate Number 667. Ass; walking, saddle; a boy riding, Zoo

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a series of photographs depicting a mule walking under saddle. The sequence shows the mule's motion from different angles: side and rear views. The first two rows display a side profile of the mule from a consistent angle, illustrating the steps as it walks forward. The photos capture various gait phases, with each frame showing incremental movement. The lower row contains a rear view, displaying the mule's leg movement, body, and tail. Each frame is numbered to show progress within the series. The black and white images suggest an archival or classic photographic style, reminiscent of early motion studies like those by Eadweard Muybridge.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.3 × 38.1 cm (7 5/8 × 15 in.)
    sheet: 47.7 × 60.5 cm (18 3/4 × 23 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.140.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco); NGA purchase, 2019.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

printed, lower center underneath image in black ink: ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. PLATE. 667 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: 10-750 / EMu 0801.20


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