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ID: 700006003
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006003
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
Miss Thomson of St. Andrews (salted paper print; John Adamson (Scottish photographer, 1809-1870) ; ca. 1845; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XZ.574.67)
Titles:
Miss Thomson of St. Andrews (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: ca. 1845

Creator Display:
John Adamson (Scottish photographer, 1809-1870) [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.574.67
Other: Creation: Scotland [7002444] United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
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)
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>)
salted paper [300127389]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, paper (fiber product), <paper by function>, photographic paper)
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)

Dimensions: Image: 19.8 x 14.3 cm (7 13/16 x 5 5/8 in.)
Cultures:
British (preferred)
Scottish (Scots, Scotsman)

General Subject:
portraits (preferred,description)

Specific Subjects:
Thompson, Isabella (British, active mid-19th century) [500355028]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
single-sitter portrait [300404138]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, portraits) (AAT)
woman (female human) [300025943]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)
reading (activity) [300248178]
.....(Activities Facet, Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name), mental activities) (AAT)
book [300028051]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), information artifacts, <information artifacts by physical form>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscription: Inscr. ro. page in ink in the hand of David Brewster: "Miss Thomson St Andrews"; inscr. ro. print in ink also by Brewster: "Miss Thomson/St Andrews".
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:
Miss Thomson of St. Andrews........ [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]
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