Plate Number 184. Walking on hands and feet

Eadweard Muybridge

National Gallery of Art

This is a photograph of sequential imagery depicting a nude figure bending over. The image consists of a grid of photographs capturing a series of movements. The grid is made up of three rows, each containing images showing the progressive motion of a figure bending forward. The background features a vertical pattern. The position of the figure changes slightly in each frame, creating a sense of motion. The variation in the figure's posture is systematically documented across the frames, showing the continuous transition of the human form in motion.