Plate Number 679. Goat; galloping

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a goat in motion. The image shows a series of frames capturing the goat walking against a backdrop of a grid. There are four rows, each depicting a sequence of movement where the goat is slightly advanced in its walking stride, showing various stages of its gait. The background grid helps to illustrate the change in position from one frame to the next, emphasizing the fluidity and mechanics of the goat's walk. This sequential layout is characteristic of studies aimed at understanding motion through photography.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    William A. Clark Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.3 × 39 cm (7 5/8 × 15 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 46.1 × 60.4 cm (18 1/8 × 23 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.150.5


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Huxley-Parlour Gallery, London); NGA purchase, 2019.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

printed, lower center underneath image in black ink: ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. PLATE. 679 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, center stamped in black ink: MUSEUM OF / EDINBURGH / SCIENCE AND ART


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