Plate Number 744. Raccoon walking, changing to a gallop

Eadweard Muybridge

National Gallery of Art

This is a photograph of a raccoon's motion captured in sequential frames. The image shows several frames lined up in three rows, depicting the raccoon as it walks. Each frame shows a small increment of movement. The raccoon is against a background that seems lined or gridded, possibly for measuring or studying its movements. The frames are numbered to track the sequence of gait. The raccoon, with its banded tail and masked face, is the central focus of this analysis of motion.