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Plate Number 611. "Katydid" trotting, harnessed to sulky

Eadweard Muybridge

National Gallery of Art

This is a photograph of a horse pulling a cart in sequential movement. The image is a series of black and white photographs capturing a horse in motion as it pulls a two-wheeled cart. Each frame shows a slightly different phase of the horse's gait. The grid-like background suggests a scientific study of motion commonly associated with early photographic motion studies. The images are presented in a grid format, showing two different perspectives of the same action — a side view and a rear view.

Artwork Details

Date
1887
Medium
collotype
Dimensions
4403 × 1964 px
Public Domain
Yes
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