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ID: 700007953
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007953
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
[Old Observatory near Delhi] (albumen print; Felice Beato (British, born Italy, 1832 - 1909) (British Pho...; 1858; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2007.26.204.61)
Titles:
[Old Observatory near Delhi] (preferred,C,U,CO,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: 2007.26.204.61
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: 30.6 x 27 cm (12 1/16 x 10 5/8 in.)Mount: 41 x 37.1 cm (16 1/8 x 14 5/8 in.)
Cultures:
British (preferred)

General Subject:
architecture (preferred,description)
landscapes (description)

Specific Subjects:
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)
person (agent) [300024979]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
stairs (series of steps) [300003228]
.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, circulation elements, <stairs and stair components>) (AAT)
Jantar Mantar [700008482]
.....(Jantar Mantar [700008482], Built Works by class: institutional, public, commercial, and industrial buildings [700009567], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

Inscriptions: (Recto, mount) inscribed in pencil, at upper center: "60"; in pencil, at lower right below image: "5" (written sideways); in pencil, at lower center edge: "Old Observatory near Delhi [space] #43" (written sideways)
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
............... Delhi
Sources and Contributors:
[Old Observatory near Delhi]........ [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]
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