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ID: 700007404
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007404
Record Type: Movable Work
[Virginia City, Nevada] (albumen print; Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916) (American Photograp...; 1875; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 98.XM.159.4)
Note: Mammoth
Titles:
[Virginia City, Nevada] (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
albumen 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>)

Classifications:
photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: 1875

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: 98.XM.159.4
Other: Creation: Virginia City [7014573] Storey county (county), Nevada (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (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: 38.1 x 53.3 cm (15 x 21 in.)
Cultures:
American (preferred)

General Subject:
landscapes (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
Virginia City [7014573]
.....(Storey county (county), Nevada (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

Inscriptions: (Verso) inscribed in pencil, at center: "Virginia City, Nevada"; in pencil, at upper left: "Virginia City Nevada, in its palmy days, when it was / the center of a great mining excitement. At this date (1906) / It is a thriving city, with all the improvements possible / in such a locality. / Nearly all the famous mining town are shown in / the series."; in pencil, at lower right corner: "424"
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
[Virginia City, Nevada]........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
Note:
English ..... [JPGM]
..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
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