Animal Locomotion
Photograph
1887 (published)
1887 (published)
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Landscape format black and white print of two semi-nude men wrestling, photographed from various angles and performing different wrestling moves, series of 24 photographs printed together as a composite image
Object details
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| Title | Animal Locomotion (series title) |
| Materials and techniques | Collotype on white wove paper |
| Brief description | Photograph by Eadweard Muybridge, 'Men wrestling' plate 520 from the series 'Animal Locomotion', 1887 |
| Physical description | Landscape format black and white print of two semi-nude men wrestling, photographed from various angles and performing different wrestling moves, series of 24 photographs printed together as a composite image |
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| Credit line | The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund. |
| Summary | Landscape format black and white print of two semi-nude men wrestling, photographed from various angles and performing different wrestling moves, series of 24 photographs printed together as a composite image |
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| Accession number | RPS.3962-2018 |
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| Record created | October 4, 2018 |
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