ID: 700005845 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700005845	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Portrait of a Laundress (cased photograph; Unknownmaker, French (Daguerreotypist); 1848 - 1850; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XT.403.21)

Note: The woman is wearing a cap, probably cloth, standing at an ironing board with garment, iron in hand.

Titles:

Portrait of a Laundress (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

cased photograph [300127264] (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 technique>, <photographs by processing or presentation technique>)

daguerreotype (photograph) [300127181]

..... (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: 1848 - 1850

Creator Display:

Unknownmaker, French (Daguerreotypist) [preferred,JPGM]

daguerreotypist unknown French (French cultural designation) [500125235]

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.XT.403.21

Display Materials: Daguerreotype, hand-colored

	daguerreotype (process) [300053530]
	.......(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, direct positive processes)

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

Dimensions: Image: 13.5 x 10 cm (5 5/16 x 3 15/16 in.) Plate (Crudely cut-down whole plate to oval shape): 15.7 x 11.9 cm (6 3/16 x 4 11/16 in.) Object: 16.8 x 13.3 cm (6 5/8 x 5 1/4 in.)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

General Subject:

portraits (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	laundress [300188519]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in service occupations>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Secondary Inscription: Inscribed on backing, at center, in pencil: "80"; at bottom center, in red ink: "53/d".

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Portrait of a Laundress	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)