Plate Number 124. Descending an incline with a 20-lb. basket on head, hands raised 1887

This photographic plate from Eadweard Muybridge's "Animal Locomotion" series depicts a woman in sequential phases as she walks up an incline while carrying a basket on her head. Created in 1887, this work exemplifies Muybridge's groundbreaking use of multiple cameras to capture motion in a way that had never been seen before. The series was a major contribution to the scientific study of movement, and it also had a profound impact on the development of cinema. The photographic plates are valuable to art historians, scientists, and those interested in the evolution of photography.