ID: 700000308 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000308	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Entrance View of the Taj (albumen silver print; Felice Beato, photographer; Henry Hering, printer; negative 1859; print 1862; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XO.421.61)

Note: Beato took many views of the Taj Mahal, an iconic monument in India. Dating from the mid-seventeenth century the mausoleum built by the ruler Shah Jahan to honor his late wife is regarded as one of the best examples of the architecture of the Mughal period (1526-1858).

Titles:

Entrance View of the Taj (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Entreè du "Taj" (C,U,French,U,U)

Lucknow, Cawnpore, Benares, & Agra 1860-1861 (C,U,GP,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

albumen silver print [300127121] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, photographs, <photographs by form>, positives (photographs), photographic prints, <photographic prints by process>)

Classifications:

photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: negative 1859; print 1862

Creator Display:

Felice Beato, photographer; Henry Hering, printer [preferred,VP]

photographer Beato, Felice (British photographer, ca. 1830-after 1904, of Italian origin) [500002985]

printer Hering, Henry (British photographer, 1814-1893) [500353694]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 84.XO.421.61

Display Materials: albumen silver print

	albumen prints [300127121]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, photographs, <photographs by form>, positives (photographs), photographic prints, <photographic prints by process>)

Dimensions: 25.4 x 31 cm (10 x 12 1/8 inches)

Cultures:

British (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred)

another work

Specific Subjects:

	Taj Mahal [700000214]
	.....(Taj Mahal Complex [700000214], Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures [700009563], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

	entrance [300002776]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <openings and opening components>, openings (architectural elements), <openings by function>) (AAT)

	reflecting pool [300179485]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name ), site elements, landscaped-site elements, water features (landscaping)) (AAT)

Inscriptions: (Recto, mount) inscribed in black ink, at lower right corner: ' Entreè du "Taj" '

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

............... Lucknow, Cawnpore, Benares, & Agra 1860-1861

Sources and Contributors:
Entrance View of the Taj	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Entreè du "Taj"	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Lucknow, Cawnpore, Benares, & Agra 1860-1861	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)