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Chapel of St. Mary and St. Joseph, St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore

Robert Cary Long, Jr. (American, ca. 1810-1849) (Artist)
ca. 1840
pencil on white paper mounted on heavy white paper with ink inscriptions

A black and white drawing of a Baltimore chapel, this image includes a tree to the right and a tiny woman and child walking up the church steps.

Alexandre Vattemare (1796-1864), the French bibliophile and collector, visited Baltimore in 1840 and presumably received this adn the following drawing from Long at that time. In another hand is written: "No. 513 of Catalogue by Robt. Cary Long - not by Latrobe."

Inscription

[Description] clockwise around the image in ink: The façade designed and built in by Max..an Godefroy. Arch't/ Alexandre Vattemare Esq. from Robt. Cary Long. The spire designed and built in 1840 by Robt. Cary Long, Archt/ Chapel of St. Mary + St. Joseph/ St. Mary's Seminary/ Baltimore; [Number] in pencil, upper right: N/ 287

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

Alexandre Vattemare, Philadelphia, probably 1840 [mode of acquisition unknown]; William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inhertiance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

1953 Architecture of Baltimore. The Peale, Baltimore.
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(Place of Origin) USA, Maryland, Baltimore, Chapel of St. Mary and St. Joseph (Place Depicted)

Measurements

H: 4 3/16 x W: 2 7/8 in. (10.6 x 7.3 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by William T. Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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37.1943

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