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ID: 700008089
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008089
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
Carved Tomb of the Depot near Pekin, The Place Where the Guns and Ammunition Were Left When the Army Marched to Pekin, October 1860 (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...; 2007.26.209.46)
Titles:
Carved Tomb of the Depot near Pekin, The Place Where the Guns and Ammunition Were Left When the Army Marched to Pekin, October 1860 (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)
Second Opium War (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: 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: 2007.26.209.46
Credit Line: Partial gift from the Wilson Centre for Photography
Other: Creation: Beijing [7001758] Beijing Shi (municipality), China (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: 24.3 x 28.9 cm (9 9/16 x 11 3/8 in.)l Mount: 25.4 x 35.1 cm (10 x 13 13/16 in.)
Cultures:
British (preferred)

General Subject:
history and legend (preferred)
architecture

Specific Subjects:
Second Opium War [901001460]
.....((Opium Wars, European history, Named Events)) (ICON)
tomb [300005926]
.....(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, funerary structures) (AAT)
depot (storage) [300312279]
.....(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>, storage facilities) (AAT)

Inscriptions: (Recto, mount) inscribed in pencil, at upper right edge: "Carved Tomb / at the Depot / near Pekin, / the place where / the Guns and / Ammunition / were left when / the Army / Marched to Pekin / -- October. [sic] -- / ~ 1860. ~ [date underlined with three small flourishes]" (Verso, mount) inscribed in pencil, at upper left corner: "47"
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
............... Second Opium War
Sources and Contributors:
Carved Tomb of the Depot near Pekin, The Place Where the Guns and Ammunition Were Left When the Army Marched to Pekin, October 1860........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Second Opium War........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
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