Plate Number 587. "Nellie Rose" walking, harnessed to sulky

Eadweard Muybridge

National Gallery of Art

This is a series of 24 sequential images showing a horse pulling a carriage in motion. The photographs display the different stages of the horse's movement while pulling a sulky. The frames capture the horse's change in posture and the wheels' rotation. The images are arranged in four rows, each with six photographs showing various moments of the horse's stride cycle. The photos demonstrate the mechanics of equine locomotion and the connection between the horse's movement and the carriage's motion.