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Grid of black and white sequential frames showing two dogs running across a paved yard, one white and one dark, in stages of a gallop.

Two Dogs Racing, Motion Study after Muybridge

A grid of sequential photographs in four rows shows two greyhound-type dogs running across a paved surface, with a white dog and a darker dog in alternating frames. Lower rows show the dogs in stride near a striped mat, capturing each phase of the gallop in a monochrome collotype print.

Artist
Eadweard Muybridge
Date
1887 1887
Medium
Collotypes Motion study photographs Prints
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3232 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1887.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Dogs Through History19th century1880s1887vintage printchronophotographyanimal locomotionmuybridgemotion studysequential photographycollotypegreyhoundtwo dogsrunning dogblack and white

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