This is a photograph of a sequence depicting an elephant in motion. The image comprises a grid of black and white photographs arranged in four rows of four frames each, capturing the different stages of an elephant's walk. The background is plain. The photographs document the elephant's movement in a walking cycle.

Plate Number 732. Elephant walking

1887

Medium: collotype
Classification: Photograph
Period: 1876 to 1900
Image size: 3491 × 2685px

Description

This is a photograph of a sequence depicting an elephant in motion. The image comprises a grid of black and white photographs arranged in four rows of four frames each, capturing the different stages of an elephant's walk. The background is plain. The photographs document the elephant's movement in a walking cycle.

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Open access image from the National Gallery of Art, released under its open access program. Metadata via the NGA Open Data Program (CC0).

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