Germon's Temple of Art

1860s

Washington L. Germon

Artist, American, 1823 - 1877

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen print (carte-de-visite)

  • Credit Line

    Robert B. Menschel Fund

  • 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.)

  • Accession

    2021.122.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

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.


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