Plate Number 248. Sitting down on the ground

Eadweard Muybridge, 1887

This is a photograph of a series of sequential images capturing motion. The work consists of a grid of black and white photographs depicting a figure in various stages of movement. The background of each frame shows… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Eadweard Muybridge ¹
Date: 1887 ¹
Medium: collotype ¹
Original: 4,101 × 2,061 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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neutral temperaturelow contrastmid toneslandscape

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The image depicts a series of sequential photographs showing a person in motion. The top row shows the individual descending a staircase, while in the bottom row, they are climbing onto a platform resembling a crate.

This is a grid displaying a series of black and white images of a figure in motion. The composition is divided into two rows showing different angles of the figure stepping over an obstacle while holding a round object.

This is a photograph of a sequence of movements involving gymnastics rings. The image comprises two rows, each row containing multiple frames that capture different stages of an acrobatic routine performed with rings.

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Similar light, opposite temperature · computed

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