ID: 700005947 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700005947	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Major Hugh Lyon Playfair (salted paper print; unknown (British photographer); 1842-1843; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XZ.574.10)

Titles:

Major Hugh Lyon Playfair (preferred,C,U,DE,English-P,U,U)

The Brewster Album (C,U,VL,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

salted paper print [300127149] (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>)

Classifications:

photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: 1842-1843

Creator Display:

unknown (British photographer) [preferred,JPGM]

photographer unknown British (modern) (modern British cultural designation) [500125220]

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.XZ.574.10

Display Materials: Salted paper print from a Calotype negative

	salted paper processes [300053495]
	.......(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)

	calotype (process) [300053484]
	.......(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, salted paper processes)

	calotypes (negatives) [300127190]
	.......(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>, negatives (photographs), <negatives by process>)

Dimensions: Image: 9.5 x 6.7 cm (3 3/4 x 2 5/8 in.)

General Subject:

portraits (preferred,description)

Specific Subjects:

	Playfair, Sir Hugh Lyon (British photographer and military officer, 1786-1861 ) [500354962]
	.....(Persons, Artists) (ULAN)

	instruments, musical [300041620]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Sound Devices (hierarchy name), sound devices (equipment), <sound devices by function>) (AAT)

	cello [300209202]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Sound Devices (hierarchy name), sound devices (equipment), <sound devices by acoustical characteristics>, chordophones, lutelike chordophones, lutelike chordophones: bowed, fiddles, violin family instruments) (AAT)

	military officer [300236210]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in military occupations>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscription: Insc. ro. page in ink in David Brewster's hand: "Major Playfair".

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

............... Brewster Codex: portraits, views, group portraits, etc. with drawings, compiled by Sir David Brewster.

Sources and Contributors:
Major Hugh Lyon Playfair	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
The Brewster Album	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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