Plate Number 438. Setting down a bucket and preparing to scrub

Eadweard Muybridge

National Gallery of Art

This is a photograph of a sequence capturing a person interacting with a bucket. The image consists of multiple black and white frames arranged in a grid, each showing a different stage of movement. The frames depict a figure wearing a long dress and a hat, bending and kneeling near a bucket. The background of each frame is plain and the grid lines are visible. Each row shows a continuation of movement captured in a series of still shots that convey a sense of motion and activity through sequential photography.