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The image shows a brick building with a cobblestone street in the foreground. The building's brick texture and several poster advertisements on a wall to the left are visible. The image has a sepia tone and is framed in gold. A man in period clothing stands in the doorway to the right. In the distance, other building roofs can be seen. The color palette is limited to brown and grey tones.
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The image shows a brick building with a cobblestone street in the foreground. The building's brick texture and several poster advertisements on a wall to the left are visible. The image has a sepia tone and is framed in gold. A man in period clothing stands in the doorway to the right. In the distance, other building roofs can be seen. The color palette is limited to brown and grey tones.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

A House in Old Town, Corner of High and Low Streets, Baltimore, Maryland

American 19th Century

Date
1863
Medium
ambrotype with applied color
Dimensions
image (visible): 10 × 7.5 cm (3 15/16 × 2 15/16 in.) mat: 10.8 × 8.2 cm (4 1/4 × 3 1/4 in.) case: 11.9 × 9.5 × 1.5 cm (4 11/16 × 3 3/4 × 9/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2023.146.6
Credit line
The Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CPH
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • portrait
  • American
  • Street
  • House
  • City
  • ambrotype
  • Maryland
Provenance

Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; gift to NGA, 2023.

Inscription

by unknown hand, lower center scratched into ambrotype: A House in Old Town / Corner of High & Low / 93 years old; lower right: Taken / May 23 / 1863; by Ross Kelbaugh, top edge of case in black ink on applied sticker: KLH / 9.22; top edge: KC105

NGA object ID 227277. 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.