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Standing position

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  • A woman, naked above the waist, sitting on the ground with her legs stretched out to her left, rises to a standing position, a folded paper in her right hand. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A naked man lowers himself from a standing position onto a mat, lying down on his side, on his right hip, his lower right arm raised to support his head. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A naked woman is lying on the ground on her right side reading a pamphlet, supporting herself on her elbows. She pushes herself up towards a standing position, pamphlet in her right hand. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A naked man stands still, then waves his arms around. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A naked man sitting in a wooden chair rises to a standing position and turns. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A naked woman rests her hands on her hips then behind her head. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A clothed woman sitting in a wooden chair holds an open fan in her right hand, stands, bends to pick up a handkerchief from the ground and begins to straighten up again. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures

    Healthy posture and exercises for people who stand during their work. Colour lithograph, 2003.

    Státní zdravotní ústav v Praze | Date: 2003 | Reference: 660255i
  • view A woman, naked above the waist, sitting on the ground with her legs stretched out to her left, rises to a standing position, a folded paper in her right hand. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A woman, naked above the waist, sitting on the ground with her legs stretched out to her left, rises to a standing position, a folded paper in her right hand. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

    Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904 | Date: 1887 | Reference: 2005367i
    Part of: Animal locomotion: an electro-photographic investigation of consecutive phases of animal movements
  • view Our erect attitude : an essay / by John Wilson, M.D.
    • Books
    • Online

    Our erect attitude : an essay / by John Wilson, M.D.

    Wilson, John, M.D. | Date: 1888
    • Pictures

    World War One: side view of a man with a shovel. Black chalk drawing, c. 1914.

    | Date: 1914 | Reference: 24582i
  • view A naked woman is lying on the ground on her right side reading a pamphlet, supporting herself on her elbows. She pushes herself up towards a standing position, pamphlet in her right hand. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A naked woman is lying on the ground on her right side reading a pamphlet, supporting herself on her elbows. She pushes herself up towards a standing position, pamphlet in her right hand. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

    Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904 | Date: 1887 | Reference: 2005411i
    Part of: Animal locomotion: an electro-photographic investigation of consecutive phases of animal movements
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