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Plate Number 733. Elephant walking

Eadweard Muybridge

National Gallery of Art

This series of sequential images shows an elephant walking. The photographs depict the elephant's movement in a steady manner across multiple frames. Each row displays the elephant's gait at different stages, capturing its full motion cycle. The images reveal the elephant's anatomy, including its large ears, trunk, and wrinkled skin, against a neutral background. The elephant moves from one side of the frame to the other, presented in a scientific or documentary style.

Artwork Details

Date
1887
Medium
collotype
Dimensions
4103 × 2227 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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