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ID: 700005969
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700005969
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
Mr. Caw (salted paper print; Dr. John Adamson (Scottish, 1810 - 1870) (Scottish Photograp...; 1842 - 1843; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XZ.574.32)
Note: Photograph trimmed around the contours of the figure.
Titles:
Mr. Caw (preferred,C,U,IN,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:
Dr. John Adamson (Scottish, 1810 - 1870) (Scottish Photographer) [preferred,JPGM]
photographer Adamson, John (Scottish photographer, 1809-1870) [500024265]
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.574.32
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: 5.2 x 6.2 cm (2 1/16 x 2 7/16 in.)
Cultures:
British (preferred)
Scottish (Scots, Scotsman)

General Subject:
portraits (preferred,description)

Specific Subjects:
man (male human) [300025928]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)
portrait [300015637]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscription: Inscr. ro. page in ink in the hand of David Brewster: "Mr. Caw" & "Dr. A".
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:
Mr. Caw........ [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]
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... Smith, Disciples of light (1990) 103
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