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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. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

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

Español: Dos perros corriendo, estudio de movimiento tras Muybridge

Una cuadrícula de fotografías secuenciales en cuatro filas muestra dos perros de tipo galgo corriendo sobre una superficie pavimentada, uno blanco y otro oscuro en cuadros alternados. Las filas inferiores muestran a los perros en plena zancada cerca de una alfombra a rayas, en una impresión monocroma en colotipia.

Português: Dois cães correndo, estudo de movimento após Muybridge

Uma grade de fotografias sequenciais em quatro fileiras mostra dois cães tipo galgo correndo sobre uma superfície pavimentada, um branco e outro escuro em quadros alternados. As fileiras inferiores mostram os cães em passada perto de um tapete listrado, em uma impressão monocromática em colotipia.

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