Landscape Avenue, Greenwood Cemetary
1873/81
Medium
Albumen print, stereo
Dimensions
Left image: 8.9 × 7.5 cm (3 9/16 × 3 in.); Right image: 8.8 × 7.2 cm (3 1/2 × 2 7/8 in.); Card: 10 × 17.4 cm (3 15/16 × 6 7/8 in.)
Classification
photography
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
199576
Art Historical Context
This stereoscopic albumen print captures a serene avenue within Greenwood Cemetery, a celebrated 19th-century burial ground known for its landscaped grounds. Created by the photographic firm J.W. & J.S. Moulton between 1873 and 1881 the work exemplifies the era’s fascination with stereo photography, where paired images viewed through a stereoscope produced a convincing sense of depth and space. The albumen print process, prized for its rich tonal range and fine detail, was the dominant photographic medium of the time and perfectly suited to rendering the textured foliage and winding paths of s...