Plate Number 146. Descending stairs and turning, a water jar on left shoulder

Eadweard Muybridge, 1887

This is a photograph of a sequence showing the progression of carrying a large pot on the head. The image is a composite of multiple frames arranged in a grid, capturing the movements involved in walking while… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Eadweard Muybridge ¹
Date: 1887 ¹
Medium: collotype ¹
Original: 3,192 × 2,693 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

Object record, National Gallery of Art

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This is a photograph of a goat harnessed to a small cart in motion, presented as a grid of frames showing the progression of the goat pulling the cart. The background features a mesh grid.

This is a photograph of sequential stills showing scenes involving two figures. The image captures a series of moments distributed across two rows, displaying a sequence of movements or actions. The background…

This is a photograph of a series of sequential images capturing movement. The full-description shows a grid of 14 black and white photographs arranged in two rows, each depicting a different stage of a motion sequence.

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Similar light, opposite temperature · computed

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