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Plate Number 277. Baseball, batting

Eadweard Muybridge

National Gallery of Art

This is a photograph showing a sequence of a person swinging a bat. The sequence is displayed in a grid of small, black-and-white images, illustrating the stages of the bat swing. The backdrop features a grid pattern, and each frame captures the progression from preparing to swing the bat to the follow-through of the swing. The setting appears to be an indoor or enclosed motion capture environment. The sequential arrangement suggests the use of chronophotographic techniques for studying physical motion.

Artwork Details

Date
1887
Medium
collotype
Dimensions
3726 × 2108 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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