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ID: 700007293
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007293
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
Sacred Well [Benares] (albumen silver print; Felice Beato (British, born Italy, 1832 - 1909) (British Pho...; negative 1859; print 1862; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XO.421.57)
Note: Street scene with a statue of a cow in the foreground.
Titles:
Sacred Well [Benares] (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)
Lucknow, Cawnpore, Benares, & Agra 1860-1861 (C,U,GP,English,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
albumen silver print [300127121] (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 form>, positives (photographs), photographic prints, <photographic prints by process>)
photographic print [300127104]
..... (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))

Classifications:
photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: negative 1859; print 1862

Creator Display:
Felice Beato (British, born Italy, 1832 - 1909) (British Photographer); Henry Hering (British, 1814 - 1893) (British Printer) [preferred,JPGM]
photographer Beato, Felice (British photographer, ca. 1830-after 1904, of Italian origin) [500002985]
printer Hering, Henry (British photographer, 1814-1893) [500353694]
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.XO.421.57
Other: Creation: Vārānasi [7001509] Uttar Pradesh (state), India (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Display Materials: Albumen silver print
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: Image: 30.7 x 25.5 cm (12 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.); Mount: 45.7 x 37.1 cm (18 x 14 5/8 in.)
Cultures:
British (preferred)

General Subject:
travel (preferred)
architecture

Specific Subjects:
Benares [7001509]
.....(Uttar Pradesh (state), India (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)
well (structure) [300006207]
.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by location or context>, <single built works by location: topographical>, earthworks (engineering works)) (AAT)
cow (mammal) [300250120]
.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), <mammals by sex or age>) (AAT)
statue [300047600]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by subject type>) (AAT)
streetscape [300249570]
.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), cultural landscapes, <cultural landscapes by location or context>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: (Recto, print) inscribed in negative, in white, at lower right corner: "B 6"; in negative, in black, at lower left corner: "6 [reversed]" (Recto, mount) inscribed in black ink, at lower right corner: "Puits Sacré" (sideways to mounted print)
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
............... Lucknow, Cawnpore, Benares, & Agra 1860-1861
Sources and Contributors:
Sacred Well [Benares]........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Lucknow, Cawnpore, Benares, & Agra 1860-1861........ [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-)
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