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Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia

Photography Studio Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown American

1868–1870

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 852

In 1870s America, adherents to a new consumer cult erected unlikely altars. Household staples, stacked high, fill the pages of this business directory. Produced by eminent and enterprising Philadelphia photographers, the book was an advertisement twice over—promoting local merchandise and their own knack for its capture. A maximalist credo informs their approach, evinced by this superabundance of brushes. With its flourish of feathers and bristles, the scene could banish forever the thought of a comb.

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Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia, Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s), Albumen silver prints

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Title: Gallery of Arts & Manufacturers of Philadelphia

Photography Studio: Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown (American, active Philadelphia, 1860s)

Date: 1868–1870

Medium: Albumen silver prints

Dimensions: Overall (closed): 13 3/4 × 10 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (34.9 × 26 × 3.2 cm)
Overall (open): 13 3/4 × 52 1/2 in. (34.9 × 133.4 cm)

Classification: Albums

Credit Line: William L. Schaeffer Collection, Promised Gift of Jennifer and Philip Maritz, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary

Accession Number: L.2019.57.611 (1–28)

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