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The image shows an urban street from an eye-level perspective. Buildings line the street, with a street lamp in the center and a man standing by the curb. A large building with a brick facade is on the right, while trees line the street, adding a touch of greenery. The color palette is dominated by soft, muted sepia tones, typical of early photography.
National Gallery of Art · Photograph
"The Cathedral, Baltimore, Maryland"
Frederick Langenheim, William Langenheim
- Date
- 1858
- Medium
- stereoscopic albumen silver print
- Dimensions
- image (each): 6.9 × 7.4 cm (2 11/16 × 2 15/16 in.) sheet: 6.9 × 14.8 cm (2 11/16 × 5 13/16 in.) mount: 8.3 × 17.3 cm (3 1/4 × 6 13/16 in.)
- Classification
- Photograph
- Accession number
- 2023.39.41
- Credit line
- Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation
- Time span
- 1851 to 1875
- Department
- CPH
Subjects and terms
- portrait
- American
- Street
- African American
- Baltimore
- Man
- cityscape
- Stereograph
Provenance
Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.
Inscription
along right edge of mount embossed: LANGENHEIM; bottom right in red ink: The Cathedral, Baltimore, Md.; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top left in graphite underlined: 11BL / RJK; by unknown hand, top right in graphite: 1190.005 $75.-; center right printed in black ink on applied label perpendicular: LANGENHEIM'S / AMERICAN STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS / Entered according to Act of Congress in 1858
NGA object ID 227059. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.