Dodge & Wenderoth
Market Square, Nashville, Tennessee

ArtistAmerican, active c. 1855–1860
ArtistAmerican, 1807–1893
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Market Square, Nashville, Tennessee
Datec. 1856
Place depictedNashville, Tennessee, United States
MediumSalted paper print from glass negative
DimensionsImage (oval): 6 5/8 × 8 5/8 in. (16.8 × 21.9 cm)
Sheet (oval): 6 5/8 × 8 5/8 in. (16.8 × 21.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alex Novak in honor of Anne Wilkes Tucker on the occasion of her retirement
Object number2015.217
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description


In the 1850s, the vast majority of American photographs were portrait daguerreotypes. Paper photography, already widely used in Europe by mid-decade, was slow to catch on here, and portraiture remained the dominant subject. This view of Nashville—believed to be the earliest photograph of the city—is a rare depiction of urban life before the Civil War outside the long-established cities of the East Coast.             



ProvenanceCol. John R. Johnston album, compiled mid-to-late 1850s; [Vintage Works, Ltd., Chalfont, Pennsylvania]; given to MFAH, 2015.
Exhibition HistoryLas Vegas Photographica Show, 1998

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