ID: 700006249 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006249	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Portrait of James Christie (1730 - 1803) (painting (visual work); Thomas Gainsborough (English, 1727 - 1788) (English Artist); 1778; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 70.PA.16)

Note: Portrait of James Christie, founder of Christie's auction house, and friend and colleague of Gainsborough.

Titles:

Portrait of James Christie (1730 - 1803) (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

Portrait of James Christie (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)

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

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1778

Creator Display:

Thomas Gainsborough (English, 1727 - 1788) (English Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

painter Gainsborough, Thomas (English painter and draftsman, 1727-1788) [500115200]

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: 70.PA.16

Credit Line: Gift of J. Paul Getty

Display Materials: Oil on canvas

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

Dimensions: Unframed: 126 x 101.9 cm (49 5/8 x 40 1/8 in.)

Cultures:

English (preferred)

General Subject:

portraits (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Christie, James (English auctioneer, 1730–1803) [500355329]
	.....(Persons, Artists) (ULAN)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Portrait of James Christie (1730 - 1803)	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Portrait of James Christie	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]