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ID: 700006020
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006020
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
Engraved Portrait of a Young Woman (cyanotype (photograph); Sir John Frederick William Herschel (British, 1792 - 1871) (...; about 1842; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XZ.574.84)
Titles:
Engraved Portrait of a Young Woman (preferred,C,U,DE,English-P,U,U)
The Brewster Album (C,U,VL,English,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
cyanotype (photograph) [300134811] (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: about 1842

Creator Display:
Sir John Frederick William Herschel (British, 1792 - 1871) (British Photographer) [preferred,JPGM]
photographer Herschel, John (English photographer, draftsman, and scientist, 1792-1871) [500115027]
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.574.84
Display Materials: Cyanotype
engraving (printing process) [300053225]
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, intaglio printing processes)
cyanotypes (photographic prints) [300134811]
.......(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>)
photograms [300127296]
.......(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>)

Dimensions: Image: 10.2 x 7.8 cm (4 x 3 1/16 in.)
Cultures:
British (preferred)

General Subject:
human figures (preferred,description)
another work (description)

Specific Subjects:
woman (female human) [300025943]
.....(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)
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)
engraving (print) [300041340]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, intaglio prints) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscription: Inscr. ro. page in ink in the hand of David Brewster: "Cyanotype/By Sir John Herschel".
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:
Engraved Portrait of a Young Woman........ [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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