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ID: 700006153
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006153
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
Half Dome and Vernal Fall, from South Fork (stereograph; Carleton Watkins (American photographer, 1829 - 1916); 1861; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XC.873.8615)
Note:
Titles:
Half Dome and Vernal Fall, from South Fork (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
stereograph [300127197] (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 technique>, <photographs by picture-taking technique>, stereoscopic photographs)
albumen print [300127121]
..... (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: 1861

Creator Display:
Carleton Watkins (American photographer, 1829 - 1916) [preferred,JPGM]
photographer Watkins, Carleton E. (American photographer, 1829-1916) [500002731]
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.XC.873.8615
Display Materials: Albumen silver
albumen process [300133274]
.......(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)
stereoscopic photography [300264509]
.......(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 techniques, picture-taking techniques)
albumen prints [300127121]
.......(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>)

Dimensions: Each image: 7.8 x 7.5 cm (3 1/16 x 2 15/16 in.) Mount: 8.3 x 17.1 cm (3 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.)
Cultures:
American (preferred)

General Subject:
landscapes (preferred,description)

Specific Subjects:
Half Dome [2371942]
.....(Mariposa county (county), California (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)
landscape (representation) [300015636]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)
waterfall (body of water) [300008736]
.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), natural landscapes, bodies of water (natural), bodies of freshwater, <bodies of freshwater by biome>, riverine bodies of water) (AAT)
Yosemite National Park [7017627]
.....(Mariposa county (county), California (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

Inscriptions: (Recto, mount) inscribed in black ink, at lower right below right image, by Watkins: "Half Dome and Vernal Fall, from South Fork." (Verso, mount) inscribed in pencil, at upper right corner: "E"
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
Half Dome and Vernal Fall, from South Fork........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-) accesse 20 February 2014
Subject: ....... [VP,JPGM]
Note:
English ..... [JPGM,VP]
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