ID: 700000981 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000981	Record Type: Movable Work

View of the tower of the thundering winds on the borders of the Lake See-Hoo, taken from the Vale of Tombs (engraving (print); John Landseer (English engraver, writer, and antiquarian, bo...; Published: 1796; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 823642; accession number: 2009.PR.10*)

Note: Unnumbered plate [Plate numbered 41 in other impressions]; "W. Alexander del.t"--lower left; "J. Landseer & T. Shirt sculp.t"--lower right; Other impressions without hand coloring were issued in: An authentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China / Sir George Leonard Staunton. Publication: London : Published April 12, 1796 by G. Nicol, [1796].

Titles:

View of the tower of the thundering winds on the borders of the Lake See-Hoo, taken from the Vale of Tombs (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

View of the tower of the thundering winds on the borders of the Lake See-Hoo, taken from the Vale of Tombs; [graphic] / W. Alexander del.t ; J. Landseer & T. Shirt sculp.t. (C,U,undetermined,,)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

engraving (print) [300041340] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, intaglio prints)

print (visual work) [300041273]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: Published: 1796

Creator Display:

John Landseer (English engraver, writer, and antiquarian, born 1763 or 1769, died 1852); published: April 12, 1796 by G. Nicol [preferred,GRISC]

engraver (incisor) Landseer, John (English engraver, writer, and antiquarian, born 1763 or 1769, died 1852) [500059098]

publisher Nicol, George (British publisher and dealer, ca. 1740-1828) [500353916]

Alexander, William (English painter, engraver, and draftsman, 1767-1816) [500014977]

Shirt, J. (English engraver, 18th century) [500354190]

Staunton, George (British diplomat and physician, 1737-1801) [500353915]

Locations:

Current: Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500353615] Getty Research Institute, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 823642; accession number: 2009.PR.10*

Credit Line: copyright J. Paul Getty Trust, Getty Research Institute, Special Collections

Address Note: 1200 Getty Center Dr., Suite 1100, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688

Other: Publication: London [7011781] Greater London (metropolitan area), England (country), United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: 1 print: engraving, hand coloring

	prints (visual works) [300041273]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

	hand coloring [300133555]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, coloring (process))

	engraving (printing process) [300053225]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, intaglio printing processes)

Dimensions: image: 31 x 45.5 cm, plate mark: 36 x 49.5 cm, on sheet: 41 x 57.5 cm

General Subject:

landscapes (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	tower (single built work) [300004847]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by form>, <single built works by form: massing or shape>) (AAT)

	China [1000111]
	.....(Asia (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	wind (weather phenomena) [300055395]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), scientific concepts, physical sciences concepts, earth sciences concepts, <weather and related phenomena>) (AAT)

Provenance: chanti; Purchase.

Inscriptions: View of the tower of the thundering winds on the borders of the Lake See-Hoo, taken from the Vale of Tombs W. Alexander del.t ; J. Landseer & T. Shirt sculp.t.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
View of the tower of the thundering winds on the borders of the Lake See-Hoo, taken from the Vale of Tombs	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 823642
View of the tower of the thundering winds on the borders of the Lake See-Hoo, taken from the Vale of Tombs; [graphic] / W. Alexander del.t ; J. Landseer & T. Shirt sculp.t.	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]

....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

Note:
English	..... [GRISC]
	..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)