Plate Number 763. Red-tailed hawk flying

Eadweard Muybridge

National Gallery of Art

This is a photograph of a sequence of an eagle in flight. The image is composed of twenty-four frames, each showing a progressive stage of the eagle's flight. The frames are organized in a grid pattern with four rows of six images each. Each individual frame captures a moment of the eagle as it moves, flaps its wings, and changes its posture mid-air. The background consists of a neutral grid. The photographic sequence provides a detailed study of the bird's natural movement, capturing the grace and power of the eagle as it navigates through the air.