William Langenheim with Son, William Paul Langenheim
Artist
W. & F. Langenheim
(American, active 1840-1874)
Date1856
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (ninth): 2 1/2 × 2 inches (6.35 × 5.08 cm)
Case: 2 7/8 × 2 3/8 × 3/8 inches (7.3 × 6.03 × 0.95 cm)
Case: 2 7/8 × 2 3/8 × 3/8 inches (7.3 × 6.03 × 0.95 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.382
Signednone
InscribedInscribed in ink on paper lining: "Paul Langenheim, fecit Oct. 11th, 1856, aged 6 years, 9 months;"
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of a man seated with hands in his lap; a child, partially cropped from view, wraps his arm around the man's arm. This ninth plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of the back tray of leather covered case.Published ReferencesDolores A. Kilgo, "The Alternative Aesthetic: The Langenheim Brothers and the Introduction of the Calotype in America," America and the Daguerreotype (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1991): 27-57; William Brey, "The Langenheims of Philadelphia," Stereo World 6:1 (March-April 1979): 4-20; Ellen NicKenzie Lawson, "Fathers of Modern Photography: The Brothers Langenheim," Pennsylvania Heritage 13:4 (Fall 1987): 16-23; Dolores Kilgo, "The Robyn Collection of Langenheim Calotypes," Gateway Heritage 6:2 (Fall 1985): 28-37; George S. Layne, "The Langenheims of Philadelphia," History of Photography 11:1 (January-March 1987): 39-52.
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