Merchants' Exchange, Philadelphia

August 16, 1849

Frederick and William Langenheim

Associated Names
Frederick Langenheim

Artist, American, born Germany, 1809 - 1879

William Langenheim

Artist, American, born Germany, 1807 - 1874

This is a neoclassical building with a dome and columns. The image shows a structure with a circular, colonnaded portico leading up to a dome, known as a rotunda, with a cupola on top. The building features rectangular windows between columns, likely Doric or Ionic. The architecture hints at a governmental building, possibly a bank or courthouse, exemplifying 19th-century neoclassical architecture. The photograph captures details such as stone steps leading up to entrances, the texture of the stone, and some furniture visible on the exterior. The sepia tones suggest an old photograph.

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Harvey S. Shipley Miller and J. Randall Plummer, Fort Washington, PA; gift to NGA, 1998.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2019

  • The Eye of the Sun: Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

lower left in sepia ink: Talbotype from Nature Aug. 16, 1849; lower right in sepia ink: by W. & F. Langenheim Philada Exchange

Wikidata ID

Q64147711

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