ID: 700007481 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007481	Record Type: Movable Work

Russian Hill Observatory (stereograph; Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916) (American Photograp...; 1863; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2000.78)

Note:

Titles:

Russian Hill Observatory (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

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)

Classifications:

photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: 1863

Creator Display:

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

photographer 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: 2000.78

Credit Line: Gift of Daniel Wolf in honor of John Walsh

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: Image (each): 7.6 x 1.2 cm (3 x 7/16 in.) Mount: 8.3 x 17 cm (3 1/4 x 6 11/16 in.)

Cultures:

American (preferred)

General Subject:

landscapes (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Russian Hill [2634444]
	.....(San Francisco county (county), California (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	landscape (representation) [300015636]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

	observatory [300007680]
	.....(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 function>, research structures, research buildings) (AAT)

Inscriptions: (Recto, mount) inscribed in black ink, at lower right under image, by Watkins: "Russian Hill Observatory 761" (Verso, mount) inscribed in black ink, at upper right corner: "4178 [crossed-out] / 40104-x"; in pencil, at upper left corner: "2 / [straight line] / hg"

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Russian Hill Observatory	........ [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-)