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ID: 700005819
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700005819
Record Type: Movable Work
Mariposa Grove. Galen Clark. / Portrait of Galen Clark (collodion transfer; Carleton E. Watkins (American photographer, 1829-1916) ; 1861; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 85.XH.2)
Titles:
Mariposa Grove. Galen Clark. / Portrait of Galen Clark (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
collodion transfer [300134691] (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>)
transparency (visual work) [300127478]
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)
collodion glass positives [300127186]
..... (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), direct positives)

Classifications:
photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: 1861

Creator Display:
Carleton E. Watkins (American photographer, 1829-1916) [preferred,JPGM]
photographer Watkins, Carleton E. (American photographer, 1829-1916) [500002731]
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: 85.XH.2
Other: Creation: Yosemite National Park [7017627] Mariposa county (county), California (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Display Materials: Direct positive collodion on glass
collodion processes [300162376]
.......(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)
glass (material) [300010797]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)

Dimensions: Image: 7.9 x 12.5 cm (3 1/8 x 4 15/16 in.); Frame (Original): 10.2 x 17.8 cm (4 x 7 in.)
Cultures:
American (preferred)

General Subject:
portraits (preferred)
natural objects

Specific Subjects:
Clark, Galen (Canadian outdoorsman and author, 1814-1910, active in the United States) [500355016]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
Mariposa Grove [2492796]
.....(Mariposa county (county), California (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)
portrait [300015637]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)
Yellowstone National Park [7017631]
.....(United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)
Sequoiadendron giganteum (species) [300343798]
.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Plantae (kingdom), Coniferophyta (division), Pinopsida (class), Pinales (order), Cupressaceae (family), Sequoiadendron (genus)) (AAT)

Inscriptions: (Recto, image) etched in glass, at right: "1174 [space] Mariposa Grove (Galen Clark)" (Recto, frame) inscribed in pencil, at left: "1174" (sideways); in black ink, at bottom edge left: "PORTRAIT OF GALEN CLARK"; in pencil, at bottom edge right: "1174"
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
Mariposa Grove. Galen Clark. / Portrait of Galen Clark........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
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