ID: 700008017 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008017	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

[Porcelain Tower] (albumen print; Felice Beato (British, born Italy, 1832 - 1909) (British Pho...; October 1860; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2007.26.206.88)

Note: View of an ornately decorated tower with three visible viewing galleries. The tower is surrounded by another building of lower height and tall trees. Visible in the background is a complex of unidentifiable built structures, as well as a mountain range. The tower is the Porcelain Pagoda of Peking.

Titles:

[Porcelain Tower] (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: October 1860

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: 2007.26.206.88

Credit Line: Partial gift from the Wilson Centre for Photography

Other: Creation: Zhongguo [1000111] 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: 24.9 x 30 cm (9 13/16 x 11 13/16 in.); Mount: 44.8 x 37.3 cm (17 5/8 x 14 11/16 in.)

Cultures:

British (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Porcelain Pagoda of Peking [700009148]
	.....(Porcelain Pagoda of Peking [700009148], Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures [700009563], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

	tower (single built work) [300004847]
	.....(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 form>, <single built works by form: massing or shape>) (AAT)

	pagoda (building) [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, print) inscribed in negative, in white, at lower right: " P 43" (Recto, mount) inscribed in black ink, at lower center below image: "Porcelain Tower [underlined]"

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

............... India, China, etc.

Sources and Contributors:
[Porcelain Tower]	........ [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]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	..... New York Public Library Digital Collections [online] (2000-)