Eadweard Muybridge

100 collotypes from Animal Locomotion, all but 3 on the two-toned leaf, with letterpress title, plate number, copyright, and date in the margin, 1887 (100)

Collection of Frederic H. Douglas

Gift to the Denver Art Museum, 1956

A detailed report for each plate is beyond the scope of this condition report; those wishing condition reports on specific plates are welcome to contact the Photographs Department. The condition of these collotypes ranges from generally good to very good. Two prints do not have the letterpress title, plate number, copyright, and date in the margin. Darkening, foxing, soiling, and other signs of age are prevalent on many of the mounts, but overall generally do not affect the images. A few collotypes exhibit faint rust-colored staining or discoloration, and fingerprints. Some of the plates are worn at the edges and corners, with small tears, creases, and occasional losses at the periphery. The plates are as follows: Plate 010 - Nude Male Walking Plate 015 - Nude Female Walking Plate 029 - Nude Male Walking with Bucket of Water in Each Hand Plate 030 - Nude Male Walking with Bucket of Water in Each Hand Plate 032 - Nude Female Walking Buckets Water in Each Hand Plate 042 - Nude Female Walking and Pouring Water From a Pitcher Plate 046 - Nude Female Walking and Flirting Fan while Turning Around Plate 075 - Nude Male Ascending Incline Plate 078 - Nude Female Ascending Incline Flirting Fan Plate 092 - Nude Female Ascending Stairs (Dover 113) Plate 100 - Clothed Female Turning Ascending Stairs Plate 106 - Nude Female Turning Ascending Stairs Carrying a Bucket of Water in Each Hand Plate 114 - Nude Male Descending Incline (Dover 12) Plate 115 - Nude Female Descending Incline Hands Clasped In Front Plate 121 - Nude Female Descending Incline Bucket Water Each Hand Plate 130 - Nude Female Descending Stairs Plate 148 - Clothed Female Descending Stairs Turning Carrying Bucket Full of Water and Broom Plate 151 - Nude Male Descending Stepladder Turning Around Rock In Hand (Dover 16) Plate 201 - Nude Female Removing 12lb Basket From Head Placing Ground Plate 203 - Nude Female Bending Over Trestle Water Jar Plate 207 - Clothed Female Stooping and Lifting Train Plate 227 - Nude Female Lifting Cloth Ground Placing Around Shoulder Turning (Dover 127) Plate 228 - Nude Female Turning Lifting Water Jar From Ground Plate 229 - Semi Nude Female Dress Placing Basket On Ground and Turning Around Plate 233 - Semi Nude Female Dress Lifting Shawl Placing Around Shoulders and Turning Plate 255 - Nude Female Arising From Kneeling Turning Plate 272 - Nude Female Stumbling Falling to Ground Plate 284 - Nude Male Catching Throwing Baseball Plate 324 - Semi Nude Male Underwear Curling 50lb Dumbbell Plate 363 - Nude Male Running Somersault Plate 366 - Semi Nude Male Underwear Running Jumping Hitch and Kick Plate 378 - Semi Nude Male Carpenter Planing A Board Plate 393 - Nude Male Farmer Pushing Garden Roller (Dover 80) Plate 401 - Nude Female Emptying Bucket Water Plate 411 - Nude Female Lifting Towel While Sitting Wiping Feet (Dover 167) Plate 419 - Nude Female Toliet Stooping Throwing Wrap Around Shoulders (Dover 126) Plate 426 - Nude Female Toliet Brushing Hair Walking Off Plate 428 - Two Nude Female One Disrobing Another Plate 431 - Nude Female Taking Off Clothes Plate 433 - Nude Female Lifting Wringing Clothes (Dover 154) Plate 434 - Nude Female Putting Clothes On Line Plate 439 - Nude Female Spreading Rug On Floor Plate 441 - Nude Female Carrying Vase Placing On Table (Dover 156) Plate 445 - Two Nude Female Drinking Jar From Shoulder Of Woman Plate 453 - Two Nude Females Kneels Drinks From Water Jar Of Another Woman Plate 457 - Clothed Female Placing Chair Stepping Plate 458 - Clothed Female Stooping Lifting Handfuls Of Hay Turning Throwing Down Plate 459 - Semi Nude Female Dress Ascending Chair Reaching With Right Hand Then Descending Plate 462 - Semi Nude Female Dress Pouring Libation On Ground Drinking From Goblet Plate 515 - Semi Nude Female Dress Ascending And Descending Stairs Carrying Vase Plate 525 - Nude Female 180 Rotation Miscellaneous Ascending Descending Stairs Plate 503 - Semi Nude Female Dress Miscellaneous Poses Stooping Etc Plate 508 - Nude Male Shoeing Horse Plate 566 - Horse Hauling Plate 567 - Horse Hauling Plate 571 - Horse Hauling Plate 586 - Horse Walking Harnessed To Sulky Male Rider Plate 595 - Horse Pacing Harnessed To Sulky Male Rider Plate 602 - Horse Trotting Bareback Nude Male Rider Plate 613 - Horse Trotting Harnessed To Sulky Clothed Male Rider Plate 621 - Horse Cantering Saddled Clothed Male Rider Plate 622 - Horse Cantering Saddled Nude Male Rider Plate 624 - Horse Galloping Saddled Clothed Male Rider Plate 633 - Horse Gallop Saddled Clothed Male Rider Plate 635 - Horse Galloping Saddled Clothed Male Rider Plate 639 - Horse Jumping Hurdle Saddled Clothed Male Rider Plate 644 - Horse Jumping Hurdle Knocking Over Hurdle Saddled Clothed Male Rider Plate 646 - Horse Jumping Hurdle Saddled Nude Male Rider Plate 653 - Horse Walking Lame Right Foot Plate 660 - Mule Misc Performances Plate 662 - Mule Refractory Plate 667 - Mule Walking Saddled Clothed Boy Plate 671 - Ox Walking Plate 672 - Ox Trotting (loop) Plate 675 - Sow Trotting Plate 679 - Goat Galloping Plate 689 - Fallow Deer Buck And Group Of Does Galloping Plate 684: Fallow Deer - Buck Doe Trotting - Two Does Trotting Plate 690: Fallow Deer Buck And Group Of Does Various Movements Plate 696 - Eland Trotting Plate 698 - Antelope Galloping Plate 701 - Gnu Walk (loop) Plate 723 - Lion Walking Turning Around Plate 725 - Lion Walking Turning Around Plate 727 - Lioness Walking, Lion Lying Down Plate 740 - Bactrain Camel Galloping Plate 741 - Bactrain Camel Plate 742 - Bactrain Camel Plate 743 - Guanaco Galloping Plate 744 - Raccoon Walking Changing To Gallop Plate 748 - Baboon Walking On All Fours Plate 750 - Sloth Walking Suspended On Horizontal Pole Plate 752 - Kangaroo Jumping Plate 753 - Kangaroo Jumping (loop) Plate 780 - Swans, Storks, etc Plate 775 - Adjuctant Flying Run Plate 781 - Chickens Scared By Torpedo Plate 778 - Swans, Storks, and other Birds
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