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ID: 700005727
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700005727
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
[Desert Sand Hills near Sink of Carson, Nevada] (albumen print; Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, about 1840 - 1882) (America...; 1867; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XM.484.42)
Titles:
[Desert Sand Hills near Sink of Carson, Nevada] (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)
[Sand Springs, Nevada] (C,U,English,,)
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: 1867

Creator Display:
Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, about 1840 - 1882) (American Photographer) [preferred,JPGM]
O'Sullivan, Timothy H. (American photographer, ca. 1840 -1882) [500005788]
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.XM.484.42
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)

Dimensions: Image: 22.2 x 29.2 cm (8 3/4 x 11 1/2 in.)
Cultures:
American (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Colonial North American [300107812] (preferred,style)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Americas| The, Colonial American (pan-American style))

General Subject:
landscapes (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
deserts [300008916]
.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), natural landscapes, landforms (terrestrial)) (AAT)
mules (mammals) [300250277]
.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Perissodactyla (order), Equidae (family), Equus (genus)) (AAT)
desert [300008916]
.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), natural landscapes, landforms (terrestrial)) (AAT)
Carson [1122553]
.....(Nevada (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)
hills (landforms) [300008777]
.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), natural landscapes, landforms (terrestrial)) (AAT)
wagon (cargo vehicle) [300215710]
.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Transportation Vehicles (hierarchy name), vehicles (transportation), land vehicles, <land vehicles by form>, freewheeled vehicles, <freewheeled vehicles by form or function>, cargo vehicles, <cargo vehicles by form>) (AAT)
sand [300014341]
.....(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, combination inorganic/organic material, soil, <soil by composition or origin>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: (Verso) inscribed in pencil: "Moving sand hill 500 ft. high"; in pencil, at lower right edge: "O'Sullivan-3"
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
[Desert Sand Hills near Sink of Carson, Nevada]........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
[Sand Springs, Nevada]........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
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