Plate Number 457. Stepping on a chair and reaching up

Eadweard Muybridge

National Gallery of Art

This is a grid of black-and-white sequential photographs. In the top row, the sequence shows a figure interacting with a chair, moving it and standing on it. The bottom row captures a similar sequence with a different figure and chair. The series provides a detailed study of the actions as the figures approach, manipulate, climb, and stand on the chairs.