Plate Number 232. Stooping to lift train and turning

Eadweard Muybridge, 1887

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Collection data

Artist: Eadweard Muybridge ¹
Date: 1887 ¹
Medium: collotype ¹
Original: 4,373 × 1,930 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

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