Plate Number 759. Cockatoo flying

Eadweard Muybridge

National Gallery of Art

This is a photograph of a cockatoo's wing motion on a grid background. The image shows multiple frames capturing the stages of a bird's flight. Each frame presents a different position of the bird and its wings, demonstrating the movement and variations in its wings as it flies. The photograph is an example of an early attempt to study motion, capturing the sequence in a clear, systematic way that highlights both the grace and mechanics of avian flight.