Porch of the Calende, Rouen Cathedral

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Porch of the Calende, Rouen Cathedral

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British Photographer · 1831–1858

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Robert Howlett was one of the first photographers to earn a successful living from this new medium. Until the 1850s virtually all photographers were amateurs who arrived at the infant art form either from the sciences or painting. Howlett associated with amateur practitioners through exhibitions of his photographs and in 1856 began to exhibit his work at the Photographic Society in London. Howlett

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Date: about 1858
Medium: Albumen silver print
Culture: British
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

Stereographic views of the door leading into the Rouen Cathedral framed by multiple pointed arches. Relief sculptures of figures fill the layers between each arch. The entrance to the cathedral is closely bordered by storefronts on both sides.

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