Plate Number 474. Child walking up stairs, kneeling and reaching for vase

Eadweard Muybridge

National Gallery of Art

This is a photograph of a series of sequential images depicting movement. The image consists of two rows of smaller photographs that showcase a progression of steps on stairs. Each frame captures a distinct stage of the subject ascending and interacting with a set of steps, illustrating the sequence of motion in detail. The background features a grid pattern. The photographs provide details of action captured in time.