Plate Number 539. Infantile paralysis, child walking on hands and feet

Eadweard Muybridge

National Gallery of Art

This is a photograph of sequential movement. The image captures a series of still frames arranged in a grid, showcasing the motion of a subject crawling on all fours across a mat. The background remains consistently dark. Each frame is numbered and captures a specific moment in time as the subject transitions from one pose to the next. The grid-like arrangement of the individual frames gives the full composition a scientific and analytical appearance.