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Cathedral, Baltimore, Md. (Front, transmitted and reflected light composite)

Langenheim Brothers [Frederick and William Langenheim]

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

Although entitled Cathedral, Baltimore, this stereograph focuses on the isolated individual in the foreground, not on the barely visible towers of the cathedral. In highlighting the figure of an anonymous African American man, the artist may have been alluding to Baltimore's role as a haven for freed slaves in the pre-Civil War era.

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  • Title: Cathedral, Baltimore, Md. (Front, transmitted and reflected light composite)
  • Creator: Langenheim Brothers [Frederick and William Langenheim]
  • Date Created: 1856
  • Location Created: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
  • Physical Dimensions: 6.5 × 6 cm (2 9/16 × 2 3/8 in.)
  • Type: Stereograph
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Glass
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 2000.10.255
  • Culture: American
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
  • Creator Display Name: Langenheim Brothers [Frederick and William Langenheim] (American, founded 1842, dissolved 1874)
  • Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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