ID: 700005712 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700005712	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Hunting by steam in Melville Bay, the party after a day's sport killing six Polar bears within the twenty-four hours. (albumen print; Dunmore, John L. (American painter and photographer, 1823-18...; 1869; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XP.458.24)

Note: A group of men on an ice floe, standing over recently killed polar bears. A large ship is behind them.

Titles:

Hunting by steam in Melville Bay, the party after a day's sport killing six Polar bears within the twenty-four hours. (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

Hunting Party in Melville Bay (C,U,DE,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

albumen 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>)

photographic print [300127104]

..... (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))

Classifications:

photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: 1869

Creator Display:

Dunmore, John L. (American painter and photographer, 1823-1892), Critcherson, George P. (American photographer, 1823-1892) [preferred,JPGM]

photographer Dunmore, John L. (American painter and photographer, 1823-1892) [500337293]

photographer Critcherson, George P. (American photographer, 1823-1892) [500335637]

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.XP.458.24

Display Materials: Albumen silver print

	albumen process [300133274]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <photography and photographic processes and techniques>, photographic processes)

	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: Image: 26.7 x 37.8 cm (10 1/2 x 14 7/8 in.)

Cultures:

American (preferred)

General Subject:

human figures (preferred)

seascapes

Specific Subjects:

	Melville Bay [1113429]
	.....(lost & found/Grønland (miscellaneous), Greenland (dependent state), North and Central America (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	boat [300178749]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Transportation Vehicles (hierarchy name), vehicles (transportation), watercraft, <watercraft by general type>) (AAT)

	hunters (people) [300025619]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in agriculture or natural resource occupations>) (AAT)

	ice floe [300391207]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), natural landscapes, bodies of water (natural), <bodies of water by state>) (AAT)

	polar bears (species) [300310635]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Carnivora (order), Ursidae (family), Ursus (genus)) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscription: Titled imprinted ro. mount.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Hunting by steam in Melville Bay, the party after a day's sport killing six Polar bears within the twenty-four hours.	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-) accessed 9 April 2014
Hunting Party in Melville Bay	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) accessed 9 April 2014