Plate Number 608. "Flode Holden" trotting, harnessed to sulky

Eadweard Muybridge

National Gallery of Art

This is a series of sequential shots showing a horse pulling a cart. The photographs capture different phases of the horse's gait, with variations in the position of the horse's legs and the wheels of the cart. The background is neutral, focusing the viewer's attention on the movement depicted across the frames. This style is characteristic of early motion studies.