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ID: 700006167
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006167
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
Yo Semite Falls. 2630 ft. (stereograph; Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916) (American Photograp...; July 1861; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 92.XH.97.1)
Titles:
Yo Semite Falls. 2630 ft. (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)

Classifications:
photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: July 1861

Creator Display:
Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916) (American Photographer) [preferred,JPGM]
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: 92.XH.97.1
Display Materials: Stereograph, glass
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)
glass (material) [300010797]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)

Dimensions: Image: 6 x 13.2 cm (2 3/8 x 5 3/16 in.)Sheet: 8.3 x 17 cm (3 1/4 x 6 11/16 in.) Mount: 8.3 x 17 cm (3 1/4 x 6 11/16 in.)
Cultures:
American (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Colonial North American [300107812] (preferred,style)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Americas| The, Colonial American (pan-American style))

General Subject:
landscapes (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
waterfalls (natural bodies 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)
forest (cultural landscape) [300008863]
.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), cultural landscapes, <cultural landscapes by location or context>, wilderness) (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)
Yosemite National Park [7017627]
.....(Mariposa county (county), California (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)
Yosemite Valley [7017628]
.....(Mariposa county (county), California (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

Inscriptions: (Recto, mat) inscribed in black ink, at lower right below image, by Watkins: "Yo Semite Falls. 2630 ft"; (Verso, mount) inscribed in black ink, on label affixed at: "6342"
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
Yo Semite Falls. 2630 ft......... [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
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