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ID: 700008012
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008012
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
[Major-General Sir Robert Napier and Lieutenant-Colonel William Wilberforce Harris Greathed, Bengal Royal Engineers] (albumen print; Felice Beato (English photographer, born Italy, ca. 1825-190...; 1857; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2007.26.206.1)
Titles:
[Major-General Sir Robert Napier and Lieutenant-Colonel William Wilberforce Harris Greathed, Bengal Royal Engineers] (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)
India, China, etc. (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>)
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: 1857

Creator Display:
Felice Beato (English photographer, born Italy, ca. 1825-1908) [preferred,JPGM]
photographer 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: 2007.26.206.1
Credit Line: Partial gift from the Wilson Centre for Photography
Other: Creation: Bhārat [7000198] 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: 19.4 x 14.9 cm (7 5/8 x 5 7/8 in.); Original Mount: 27.5 x 18.9 cm (10 13/16 x 7 7/16 in.) [irregular]; Album Mount: 44.8 x 37.3 cm (17 5/8 x 14 11/16 in.)
Cultures:
British (preferred)

General Subject:
portraits (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
Napier, Robert Cornelis, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (British military officer, 1810-1890, active in India) [500355389]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
Greathed, William Wilberforce Harris (English military officer, 1826–1878, active in India) [500355284]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
double portrait [300254374]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, portraits, group portraits) (AAT)

Inscriptions: (Recto, original mount) inscribed in black ink, at lower center below image: "Engineer Department / Colonel now [underlined] LC. General Sir Robert Napier G.C.B. / Lieutenant now [underlined] Lt C. Colonel Wilberforce Greathed C.B. / Bengal Royal Engineers" (Recto, album mount) inscribed in pencil, at upper right corner, Wilson's inventory number: "TC [space] 330 / 99: [space] 6487"
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
............... India, China, etc.
Sources and Contributors:
[Major-General Sir Robert Napier and Lieutenant-Colonel William Wilberforce Harris Greathed, Bengal Royal Engineers]........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
India, China, etc......... [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
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