Animal Locomotion: Plate 169 (Leapfrog)

Eadweard Muybridge (1803-1904) made more than 100,000 images between 1883 and 1886 culminating in his 1887 portfolio collection entitled Animal Locomotion: an Electro-Photographic Investigation of Connective Phases of Animal Movements. Animal Locomotion: Plate 169 (Leapfrog) was included in Volume VII, which consisted of both men and women in various types of clothing and costume as well as miscellaneous subjects. While much of Muybridge’s work contributed to the study of biomechanics and athletics, images like Leapfrog were used (and still are!) as key references for artists and animators.