Plate Number 679. Goat; galloping 1887

Eadweard Muybridge's "Plate Number 679. Goat; galloping" (1887) is a photographic study of animal motion. The image depicts a sequence of twenty photographs capturing the successive stages of a goat galloping, providing a detailed visual analysis of the animal's movement. This is a prime example of Muybridge's pioneering work in chronophotography, a technique he used to study and document the precise movements of animals and humans. These studies, often displayed as image sequences, were crucial in advancing the understanding of human and animal locomotion and played a pivotal role in the development of motion pictures.