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ID: 700006056
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006056
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
Sir David Brewster with Miss Mary Playfair, Lady Brewster, Mr. Pakenham Edgeworth, and Miss Brewster (salted paper print; Attributed to Dr. John Adamson (Scottish, 1810 - 1870) (Scot...; 1843 - 1846; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XZ.574.120)
Titles:
Sir David Brewster with Miss Mary Playfair, Lady Brewster, Mr. Pakenham Edgeworth, and Miss Brewster (preferred,C,U,DE,English-P,U,U)
Sir David Brewster with Miss Mary Playfair, Lady Brewster and others (C,U,DE,English,U,U)
The Brewster Album (C,U,D,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: 1843 - 1846

Creator Display:
Attributed to Dr. John Adamson (Scottish, 1810 - 1870) (Scottish Photographer) [preferred,JPGM]
photographer Adamson, John (Scottish photographer, 1809-1870) Qualifier: attributed to [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.574.120
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>)
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: 11 x 14.6 cm (4 5/16 x 5 3/4 in.)
Cultures:
British (preferred)
Scottish (Scots, Scotsman)

General Subject:
portraits (preferred,description)

Specific Subjects:
group portrait [300124525]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, portraits) (AAT)
Brewster, David (Scottish photographer, 1781-1868) [500043545]
.....(Persons, Artists) (ULAN)
Mary Playfair (British, active mid-19th century) [500355377]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
Edgeworth, Michael Pakenham (Irish photographer and botanist, 1812-1881) [500354961]
.....(Persons, Artists) (ULAN)
men (male humans) [300025928]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)
women (female humans) [300025943]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscription: Inscr. ro. page in ink in the hand of David Brewster: "Sir DB/Mary Playfair/Lady B/Pakenham Edgeworth/Miss B".
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:
Sir David Brewster with Miss Mary Playfair, Lady Brewster, Mr. Pakenham Edgeworth, and Miss Brewster........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Sir David Brewster with Miss Mary Playfair, Lady Brewster and others........ [VP]
........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
The Brewster Album........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
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