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ID: 700005824
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700005824
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
Sequoia Gigantea - "Grizzly Giant" - Mariposa Grove (albumen print; Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916) (American Photograp...; negative 1861; print about 186...; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 85.XM.11.17)
Note: Mammoth plate.
Titles:
Sequoia Gigantea - "Grizzly Giant" - Mariposa Grove (preferred,C,U,English-P,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: negative 1861; print about 1866

Creator Display:
Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916) (American Photographer) [preferred,JPGM]
Watkins, Carleton E. (American photographer, 1829-1916) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [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.XM.11.17
Other: Creation: Yosemite Village [2785938] Mariposa county (county), California (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
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: 52.1 x 38.1 cm (20 1/2 x 15 in.); Mount: 65.7 x 48.3 cm (25 7/8 x 19 in.)
Cultures:
American (preferred)

General Subject:
landscapes (preferred)
travel

Specific Subjects:
Grizzly Giant [8697997]
.....(Mariposa county (county), California (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)
forest (cultural landscape) [300008863]
.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), cultural landscapes, <cultural landscapes by location or context>, wilderness) (AAT)
landscape (representation) [300015636]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)
Mariposa Grove [2492796]
.....(Mariposa county (county), California (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

Inscriptions: (Recto, mount) inscribed in pencil, at center below image: ' Sequoia Gigantea - "Grizzly Giant" - Mariposa Grove '; in pencil, at center above image: "California 1866."; in pencil, at bottom right, by Weston Naef: "duplicate of [space] 85.XM.361.21 / WN / 4/13/94"; in pencil, at lower right corner: "5000--"; in pencil, at upper right corner: "4807" (Verso, mount) inscribed in pencil, at lower right corner: "LG 27" (erased).
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
Sequoia Gigantea - "Grizzly Giant" - Mariposa Grove........ [JPGM]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
Note:
English ..... [JPGM,VP]
..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
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