ID: 700006156 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006156	Record Type: Movable Work

Valley of Fassa from Opposite Gries (drawing (visual work); Sir John Frederick William Herschel (British, 1792 - 1871) (...; 1834; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 91.GG.98.32)

Titles:

Valley of Fassa from Opposite Gries (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

drawing (visual work) [300033973] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: 1834

Creator Display:

Sir John Frederick William Herschel (British, 1792 - 1871) (British Maker) [preferred,JPGM]

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: 91.GG.98.32

Credit Line: Gift of the Graham and Susan Nash Collection

Display Materials: Graphite drawing made with the aid of a camera lucida

	graphite (mineral) [300011098]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, mineral)

	camera lucidas [300022486]
	.......(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by process>, image-making equipment, image-projecting equipment)

Dimensions: Image: 20 x 30.8 cm (7 7/8 x 12 1/8 in.)Sheet: 24.8 x 38.3 cm (9 3/4 x 15 1/16 in.)

Cultures:

British (preferred)

General Subject:

landscapes (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	valley (landform) [300008761]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), natural landscapes, landforms (terrestrial)) (AAT)

	landscape (representation) [300015636]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

	mountains (landforms) [300008795]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), natural landscapes, landforms (terrestrial)) (AAT)

Inscriptions: (Recto, print) inscribed in pencil, at lower center, by Herschel: ". [encircled] / Eye 15.0 / [illeg.] / off of Eye 13.0"; in pencil, at lower right edge, by Herschel: "Level of the ridge / on wide gravelly plain very naked & / bare -- group of peasants, etc."; in pencil, at lower left edge, by Herschel: "Peak b / b bearing WMN by Compass"; in pencil, at lower center edge, by Herschel: "Valley of Fassa (Recto, sheet) inscribed in black ink, at upper center edge, by Herschel: "No 298"; in black ink, at lower center below image, by Herschel: "Valley of Fass from opposite Gries."; in pencil, at lower left edge, by Herschel: "11. [illeg. ] 35 / Level no / 85" [written sideways] (Verso, sheet) inscribed in pencil, at upper center, possibly by Herschel: "Valley of Fass from oposite Gries. / Singular intermixture of / the Pyroxene and Dolomite / the black and the white rock"

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Valley of Fassa from Opposite Gries	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]