Plate Number 445. Woman drinking from the water jar on the shoulder of another woman

Eadweard Muybridge

National Gallery of Art

This is a photograph of a series of sequential images capturing movement. The artwork consists of multiple photographic frames arranged in a grid pattern, depicting a progression of movement or an action sequence. Each small frame captures a moment in the sequence, showing the fluidity and transformation of form across the frames. The setting appears to be indoors, with grid lines in the background providing a reference for motion or position change. The grid serves as an analytical tool to emphasize the transition from one position to the next, creating an animation-like effect when viewed in succession.