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The Ice Cream Party

Artist Washington L. Germon (American, 1823 - 1878)
Dateca. 1855
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (open): 3 11/16 × 6 7/16 × 3/8 inches (9.37 × 16.35 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 3 11/16 × 3 3/16 × 5/8 inches (9.37 × 8.1 × 1.59 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.385
SignedOn mat recto, lower left corner, stamped: "W. L. GERMON"; On mat recto, lower right corner, stamped: "168 CHEST ST PHILA.".
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of three children, two girls and a boy, seated around a table with bowls of ice cream in front of them and pastries in the center. This sixth plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a case with urn motif and gold tooling along with a purple velvet liner.
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Girl with father
Washington L. Germon
ca. 1850
2005.27.4733
Survey Party Camp
Unknown
ca. 1850
2005.27.375
Self-portrait
Washington L. Germon
ca. 1860s
2005.27.3852
Portrait of a woman
Washington L. Germon
ca. 1860s
2005.27.3854
Self-portrait caricature
Washington L. Germon
ca. 1860s
2005.27.3855
Germon's Temple of Art
Washington L. Germon
ca. 1860s
2005.27.3856
Self-portrait
Washington L. Germon
ca. 1860s
2005.27.3853
Dr. Paul Beck Goddard
Washington L. Germon
ca. 1865
2005.27.3851
Four Children
Unknown
ca. 1848
2005.27.492
Three Girls
Enoch Long
ca. 1850
2005.27.283
Portrait of Thomas Ustick Walter and family
William Langenheim
ca. 1843-1844
2020.7.73
Man With Hat
Samuel L. Walker
ca. 1853
2005.27.565