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This is a series of twelve frames showing a horse pulling a carriage with a rider. The sequence displays the horse's gait and movement over time, with its legs in different positions in each frame. The horse is harnessed to a two-wheeled cart and is shown in profile against a plain background. The lighting highlights the horse's muscles and form.

Plate Number 588. "Reuben" walking, harnessed to sulky

Muybridge, Eadweard · American

1887

Medium
collotype
Classification
Photograph
Period
1876 to 1900
Image size
3693 × 2303px

Description

This is a series of twelve frames showing a horse pulling a carriage with a rider. The sequence displays the horse's gait and movement over time, with its legs in different positions in each frame. The horse is harnessed to a two-wheeled cart and is shown in profile against a plain background. The lighting highlights the horse's muscles and form.

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