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ID: 700008320
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008320
Record Type: Movable Work
[The Colossus of Memnon at Thebes] (salted paper print; John Beasly Greene (American photographer, 1832 - 1856, born...; 1854; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2010.75.20)
Note: The view is from the side with statue facing right.
Titles:
[The Colossus of Memnon at Thebes] (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
salted paper print [300127149] (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: 1854

Creator Display:
John Beasly Greene (American photographer, 1832 - 1856, born in France) [preferred,JPGM]
photographer Greene, John Beasley (American photographer, 1832-1856, active in the Middle East) [500023004]
Locations:
Other: Creation: France [1000070] Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Other: Creation: Thebes [7001297] Qinā (governorate), Egypt (nation), Africa (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
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: 2010.75.20
Display Materials: Salted paper print from a Calotype negative
salted paper [300127389]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, paper (fiber product), <paper by function>, photographic paper)
calotype prints (positive prints) [300404082]
.......(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>, salted paper prints)

Dimensions: Image: 29.6 x 23.4 cm (11 5/8 x 9 3/16 in.) Mount: 61.1 x 46.8 cm (24 1/16 x 18 7/16 in.)
Cultures:
American (preferred)

General Subject:
structures (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
Colossi of Memnon [700002945]
.....(Colossi of Memnon [700002945], Built Works by class: monuments and monumental structures [700009564], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

Inscriptions: (Recto, mount) inscribed in pencil, at upper left corner: "20" (Verso, mount) inscribed in pencil, at lower left edge: "102570.0049"; in pencil, at lower right corner: "MA"
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
[The Colossus of Memnon at Thebes]........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
Note:
English ..... [JPGM,VP]
..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
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