Germon's Temple of Art, 1860s

Not on View

Medium

albumen print (carte-de-visite)

Dimensions

image/

sheet: 9.8 × 5.8 cm (3 7/8 × 2 5/16 in.)
mount: 10.1 × 6.1 cm (4 × 2 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Robert B. Menschel Fund

Accession Number

2021.122.1

Artists / Makers

Washington L. Germon (artist) American, 1823 - 1877

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center on mount printed in black ink: GERMON'S TEMPLE OF ART, / 914 Arch Street.; on verso, upper center printed in black ink: GERMON'S / Temple of Art, / 914 ARCH STREET, / Philadelphia.; center and lower center: This magnificent Photographic Establishment / is furnished throughout with everything that art / or a refined taste could suggest. / The Operating Rooms are on the second floor, / and particularly noticeable as being among the / largest and best arranged of any in the country; / the Operators skillful and obliging. / In the corps of artists rank some of the best / colorists in the country, and only those of ac- / knowledged reputation and ability. / All the various styles of pictures known to the / art, made in a manner as near perfection as / possible, and all improvements or additions in- / troduced as soon as made and perfected. / Your patronage is solicited.

Provenance

(Thomas Harris, New York); NGA purchase, 2021.

Associated Names

Harris, Thomas