Plate Number 705. Dog; trotting; mastiff, Dread

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a collection of sequential black and white stills showing a dog walking. The frames are arranged in a grid of five rows by six columns. Each row captures a different sequence of the dog's motion. The background includes a fence, and the setting appears to be outdoors. The dog is shown in various stages of its walk cycle, creating the illusion of fluid motion when viewed together. The series resembles early motion studies in photography.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Robert B. Menschel and the Vital Projects Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 26.3 × 28 cm (10 3/8 × 11 in.)
    sheet: 48.26 × 60.96 cm (19 × 24 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.59.2

  • Series Title

    Animal Locomotion: An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Laurence Miller Gallery, New York); NGA purchase, 2020.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

printed, lower center underneath image in black ink: ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. PLATE. 705 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.

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