Plate Number 251. Kneeling on left knee with a basket in left hand and rising 1887

Eadweard Muybridge's "Plate Number 251. Kneeling on left knee with a basket in left hand and rising" is a series of 24 photographs that capture the movement of a woman as she kneels, rises, and carries a basket. The images are part of Muybridge's groundbreaking work on animal and human locomotion, which revolutionized the understanding of motion. This particular plate, created in 1887, exemplifies Muybridge's use of sequential photography to analyze the human body in action. The images capture the fluidity of movement and the subtle changes in the body's position, creating a sense of dynamism and revealing the mechanics of human motion.