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Weight throwing

Sports discipline

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Images referencing Weight throwing

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  • A man in a posing pouch lifts a rock from chest to shoulder height, throws it upwards with his right hand, leaning forwards and stnading on his left leg as he does. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A naked man holds a rock in his left hand at shoulder height, turns and throws it, leaning forwards and raising his left leg behind him. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A man is running with a large stone in his hand, another man picks up a stone to join the competition. Coloured lithograph by J. Brodtmann after Jac. Schwegler.
  • A naked man throws things. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A man in a posing pouch bends, picks up a rock, lifts it to shoulder height, throws it with his right hand, staggers slightly onto his right leg then stands. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A naked man throws a rock with his right hand, briefly jumping as he does, landing on his right leg, leaning forwards, his left leg and right arm stretched out. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A naked man holds a rock at shoulder height, leans forward to throw it, standing on his right leg as he does. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A naked man bends to pick up a rock, lifts it above his right shoulder, throws it away and staggers against the wall on his right afterwards. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

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    A naked man bends to pick up a rock, lifts it above his right shoulder, throws it away and staggers against the wall on his right afterwards. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

    Eadweard Muybridge | Date: 1887 | Reference: 2005605i
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    A naked man throws a rock with his right hand, briefly jumping as he does, landing on his right leg, leaning forwards, his left leg and right arm stretched out. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

    Eadweard Muybridge | Date: 1887 | Reference: 2005606i
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    • Online

    A man in a posing pouch bends, picks up a rock, lifts it to shoulder height, throws it with his right hand, staggers slightly onto his right leg then stands. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

    Eadweard Muybridge | Date: 1887 | Reference: 2005715i
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    • Online

    A naked man throws things. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

    Eadweard Muybridge | Date: 1887 | Reference: 2009462i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A man in a posing pouch lifts a rock from chest to shoulder height, throws it upwards with his right hand, leaning forwards and stnading on his left leg as he does. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

    Eadweard Muybridge | Date: 1887 | Reference: 2005721i
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