The Horse in Motion

Eadweard Muybridge

National Gallery of Art

This is a series of twelve prints showing a horse in different positions, arranged in three horizontal rows of four. The prints depict a horse and its rider as they move through a galloping stride. Each frame captures a different stage of the gallop. In all the prints, the horse and rider are black silhouettes with no detail. The backgrounds of the photographs are divided into numbered grids, providing a reference for the motion. At the bottom, below the last row of photographs, are several lines of text.