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ID: 700009149
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009149
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
[Country and city views of the American West, 81 by Carleton E. Watkins, 7 by George Fiske] (album (book); Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916); George Fiske (Amer...; 1870s - 1880s; J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, Calif...; 84.XO.250)
Note: Album of 88 tipped-in prints.
Titles:
[Country and city views of the American West, 81 by Carleton E. Watkins, 7 by George Fiske] (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)
Country and city views of the American West (C,U,DE,English,U,U)
Catalog Level: album
Work Types:
album (book) [300026690] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), information artifacts, <information artifacts by physical form>, books, <books by internal form>)
photographs [300046300]
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:
photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: 1870s - 1880s

Creator Display:
Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916); George Fiske (American, 1835 - 1918) [preferred]
photographer Watkins, Carleton E. (American photographer, 1829-1916) [500002731]
photographer Watkins, Carleton E. (American photographer, 1829-1916) [500002731]
Locations:
Current: J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500115988] J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: 84.XO.250
Display Materials: albumen silver prints, tipped in
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)
tipping in [300135036]
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, <placing processes and techniques>)

Dimensions: 88 prints, tipped in
Cultures:
American (preferred)

General Subject:
travel (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
American West [4011500]
.....(United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

Inscriptions: Markings: Print no. 81 bears Watkins' "NEW SERIES" wet stamp in black ink with his 427 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California, address on verso of print. Print no. 85 bears Fiske's name in the negative. Stamped in gilt on front cover is "A.F.W."; on the spine is "10". Inscription: Ms. notes or titles on verso of prints.
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
[Country and city views of the American West, 81 by Carleton E. Watkins, 7 by George Fiske]........ [VP,JPGM]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Country and city views of the American West........ [VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Subject: ....... [VP]
Note:
English ..... [VP]
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