This is a photograph of a pronghorn antelope in motion captured through a sequence of frames. The image is in the style of Eadweard Muybridge. A series of twelve separate, sequential images in a grid show the antelope moving progressively. Each frame depicts a change in the position of the animal's legs and body, illustrating the fluid motion of its gait. The background is simple, likely a plain dark surface with vertical and horizontal lines.

Plate Number 697. Antelope trotting

1887

Medium: collotype
Classification: Photograph
Period: 1876 to 1900
Image size: 3881 × 2447px

Description

This is a photograph of a pronghorn antelope in motion captured through a sequence of frames. The image is in the style of Eadweard Muybridge. A series of twelve separate, sequential images in a grid show the antelope moving progressively. Each frame depicts a change in the position of the animal's legs and body, illustrating the fluid motion of its gait. The background is simple, likely a plain dark surface with vertical and horizontal lines.

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