ID: 700007118 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007118	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Big River Mill from the Pt. (stereograph; Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916) (American Photograp...; 1863; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 96.XC.25.1)

Note: Self-portrait in the form of a shadow of the photographer cast upon the landscape. Southeast Mendocino view.

Titles:

Big River Mill from the Pt. (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

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 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>)

Classifications:

photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: 1863

Creator Display:

Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916) (American Photographer) [preferred,JPGM]

Watkins, Carleton E. (American photographer, 1829-1916) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [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: 96.XC.25.1

Other: Creation: California [7007157] United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

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)

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)

portraits

Specific Subjects:

	seascape [300117546]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

	Mendocino [7014029]
	.....(Mendocino county (county), California (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	shadow [300056036]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), scientific concepts, physical sciences concepts, physics concepts, <energy and related concepts>, energy-related concepts, light-related concepts) (AAT)

	self-portrait [300124534]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, portraits) (AAT)

	Carleton Watkins (American photographer, 1829-1916) [500002731]
	.....(Persons, Artists) (ULAN)

Inscriptions: (Recto, mount) inscribed in black ink, at bottom center edge, by Watkins: "Big River Mill. [space] from the Pt. [space] No.10 --" Secondary Inscription: Inscribed verso mount in ink by unknown later hand: "Film photo by Lee."

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Big River Mill from the Pt.	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

Note:
English	..... [JPGM,VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
	..... New York Public Library Digital Collections [online] (2000-)