Plate Number 449. Feeding a dog

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequence featuring a dog interacting with another figure. The image consists of a grid of twelve smaller images, each capturing a progressive moment in the interaction between the two figures and the dog. The images seem to depict a motion study, with the background featuring a lined grid. The dog has a spotted coat, and the lighting is uniform, casting shadows on the ground, emphasizing the motion in each step and gesture. The sequence format suggests a study of movement and interaction.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    New Century Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 16 × 43.2 cm (6 5/16 × 17 in.)
    sheet: 47.3 × 60.3 cm (18 5/8 × 23 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.131.7


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Equinox Gallery, Vancouver); NGA purchase (through Laurence Miller Gallery, New York), 2019.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

printed, lower center underneath image in black ink: ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. PLATE. 449 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.


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