ID: 700007952 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007952	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

[Arch in Kootub] (albumen print; Felice Beato (British, born Italy, 1832 - 1909) (British Pho...; 1858; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2007.26.204.60)

Note: Depicts the corbelled screenwork and the Iron Pillar at the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque in the Qutb Minar complex

Titles:

[Arch in Kootub] (preferred,C,U,IN,English-P,U,U)

Delhi - The Indian Mutiny (C,U,VL,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>)

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: 1858

Creator Display:

Felice Beato (British, born Italy, 1832 - 1909) (British Photographer) [preferred,JPGM]

photographer Beato, Felice (British photographer, ca. 1830-after 1904, of Italian origin) [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: 2007.26.204.60

Credit Line: Partial gift from the Wilson Centre for Photography

Other: Creation: Delhi [7001535] Delhi territory (union territory), 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: 31.1 x 27.6 cm (12 1/4 x 10 7/8 in.)Mount: 41 x 37.1 cm (16 1/8 x 14 5/8 in.)

Cultures:

British (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,description)

history and legend (description)

Specific Subjects:

	arch [300000994]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <structural elements and components for structural elements>, structural elements, <spanning and projecting structural elements>, <arches and arch components>) (AAT)

	Qutb Minar [700002902]
	.....(Qutb Minar [700002902], Qutb Minar [700002953], Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures [700009563], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

	Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque [700002904]
	.....(Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque [700002904], Qutb Minar [700002953], Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures [700009563], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

	Islamic Indian [300018930]
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Islamic World| The, Islamic (culture or style)) (AAT)

Inscriptions: (Recto, mount) inscribed in pencil, at upper center: "59"; in pencil, at right edge: ' Accoring to Tod in his "Rajastan" the legend was that the Iron Pillar went right down to Hell, / A Tuar prince of Delhi had the impiety to try shaking it -- & blood gushed out. -- / Actually I believe it goes down about 2 feet. ' (written sideways); in pencil, at upper right below image: "21" (written sideways); in pencil, at right center edge: "Arch in Kootub" (written sideways); in pnecil, at lower right: "#48" (written sideways)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

............... Delhi

Sources and Contributors:
[Arch in Kootub]	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Delhi - The Indian Mutiny	........ [VP,JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 18 March 2015