ID: 700007302 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007302	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

The Hippopotamus at the Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park (salted paper print; Count de Montizon (Spanish, 1822 - 1887) (Spanish Photograph...; 1852; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XA.871.6.9)

Note: Portrait of sleeping hippopotamus in zoo. The hippo was captured in August 1849 on the banks of the White Nile and sent over to Queen Victoria by the Egyptian Pasha. The photograph is taken from the animal's point of view, as if from inside the cage, using a double lens and instant exposure.

Titles:

The Hippopotamus at the Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

The Photographic Album / 1855 (C,U,GP,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

salted paper print [300127149] (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: 1852

Creator Display:

Count de Montizon (Spanish, 1822 - 1887) (Spanish Photographer) [preferred,JPGM]

Count de Montizon (Spanish photographer, 1822-1887) [500355318]

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.XA.871.6.9

Display Materials: Salted paper print from a wet collodion negative

	salted paper processes [300053495]
	.......(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)

	wet collodion negatives [300134674]
	.......(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>, negatives (photographs), <negatives by process>)

Dimensions: Image: 11.4 x 12.5 cm (4 1/2 x 4 15/16 in.); Mount: 42.5 x 30 cm (16 3/4 x 11 13/16 in.)

General Subject:

animals (preferred)

documentary

Specific Subjects:

	hippopotamus (species) [300258403]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Artiodactyla (order), Hippopotamidae (family), Hippopotamus (genus)) (AAT)

	London Zoo [700009173]
	.....(London Zoo [700009173], Built Works by class: landscape architecture, spaces, agricultural, and animal husbandry structures [700009571], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

	Regent's Park [1103036]
	.....(City of Westminster (borough), London (inhabited place), Greater London (metropolitan area), England (country), United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	zoo (institution) [300312333]
	.....(Agents Facet, Organizations (hierarchy name), organizations (groups), institutions (organizations), <institutions by activity>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Nineteenth century letterpress, on separate sheet, opposite image: "The Hippotomus at the Zoological Gardens / Regent's Park. / Photographed by the Count de Montizon./ This animal was captured in August 1849, when quite young, on / the banks of the White Nile; and was sent over to England / by the Pasha of Egypt as a present to Queen Victoria. He / arrived at Southampton on May 25, 1850; and on the evening of the same / day was safely housed in the apartment prepared for him at the Zoological / Gardens, where he has ever since been an object of great attraction. / Taken on Collodion with a double lens, by instantaneous exposure."

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

............... The Photographic Album / 1855

Sources and Contributors:
The Hippopotamus at the Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
The Photographic Album / 1855	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)