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FREDERICK AND WILLIAM LANGENHEIM (1812-1879)
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FREDERICK AND WILLIAM LANGENHEIM (1812-1879)

Portrait of Frederick Langenheim, c. 1849

Closed7 October 2010

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FREDERICK AND WILLIAM LANGENHEIM (1812-1879)
Portrait of Frederick Langenheim, c. 1849
calotype negative, with ink handwork
annotated 'Talbotype, W. & F. Langenheim, Philada., Mar. 5 1849. No. 235' in ink (on the recto)
7 5/8 x 5 7/8in. (19.3 x 14.8cm.)

Specialist note

The portrait appears to be of Frederick, rather than William, Langenheim, based on contemporary illustrations of both brothers in Robert Taft's Photography and the American Scene, p. 109