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Plate Number 626. "Annie G." galloping

Eadweard Muybridge

National Gallery of Art

This is a photograph of a galloping horse captured in a series of sixteen small, black-and-white images arranged in four horizontal rows. Each photo shows the horse in mid-stride, illustrating the successive movements of its gallop from left to right. The background is plain, emphasizing the nuanced shifts in the position of the horse's legs and body in each frame.

Artwork Details

Date
1887
Medium
collotype
Dimensions
3338 × 2551 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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