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ID: 700007885
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007885
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
General View of Mandalay from Mandalay Hill Showing the 450 Pagodas and the Incomparable Pagoda (albumen print; Felice Beato (British, born Italy, 1832 - 1909) (British Pho...; 1887 - 1895; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2007.26.202.14)
Titles:
General View of Mandalay from Mandalay Hill Showing the 450 Pagodas and the Incomparable Pagoda (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)
General View of Mandalay from Mandalay Hill Showing the Pagodas (C,U,DE,undetermined,U,U)
Views in Burma (C,U,GP,English,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: 1887 - 1895

Creator Display:
Felice Beato (British, born Italy, 1832 - 1909) (British Photographer) [preferred,JPGM]
Beato, Felice (British photographer, ca. 1830-after 1904, of Italian origin) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500002985]
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: 2007.26.202.14
Credit Line: Partial gift from the Wilson Centre for Photography
Other: Creation: Mandalay [7002169] Mandalay Division (region (administrative division)), Myanmar (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: 19.7 x 26.7 cm (7 3/4 x 10 1/2 in.); Mount: 28.9 x 42.1 cm (11 3/8 x 16 9/16 in.)
Cultures:
British (preferred)

General Subject:
architecture (preferred)
cityscapes

Specific Subjects:
Mandalay [7002169]
.....(Mandalay Division (region (administrative division)), Myanmar (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)
Incomparable Pagoda [700002966]
.....(Atumashi Kyaung [700002966], Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures [700009563], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)
pagodas (buildings) [300004829]
.....(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>, ceremonial structures, religious structures, religious buildings) (AAT)

Inscriptions: (Recto, mount) inscribed in pencil, at lower center: "General View of Mandalay from Mandalay Hill Showing the / 450 pagodas & the Incomparable pagoda" (Verso, mount) inscribed in red ink, at upper left corner: "D93 / No 573/ma/50d / 1895"
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
............... Views in Burma
Sources and Contributors:
General View of Mandalay from Mandalay Hill Showing the 450 Pagodas and the Incomparable Pagoda........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
General View of Mandalay from Mandalay Hill Showing the Pagodas........ [VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Views in Burma........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
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