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Plate Number 610. "Katydid" trotting, harnessed to sulky

Eadweard Muybridge

National Gallery of Art

This is a series of sequential images depicting a horse pulling a cart in motion. The images show the horse's trotting gait from different angles, illustrating various leg positions as the horse moves. The top row offers a side view while the bottom row provides a front view. The frames are numbered to show the progression of movement systematically. The horse is set against a gridded background, suggesting a scientific analysis of its gait.

Artwork Details

Date
1887
Medium
collotype
Dimensions
4601 × 1935 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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