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ID: 700009367
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009367
Record Type: Movable Work
[Views of India] (album (book); Harrington and Norman; G.R. Lambert & Co.; [1860-1890]; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 92-F81; 90.R.42; OCLC Record Number: 416088405)
Note: This album contains images of well-known Buddhist, Hindu, and Muslim monuments, with an emphasis on the monuments of Moghul India. There are views and details of temples, stupas, mosques, tombs and mausoleums, and fortified palaces. Locations represented include Agra, Benares, Delhi, and Lucknow. The monuments of Agra, such as the Taj Mahal, the buildings in and around the Red Fort, and Akbar's tomb in nearby Sikandra, are particularly well represented. There are also several group portraits of Indian families and portraits of Indian ethnic types and professions. The British presence in India is evident in views of Victorian Bombay and Calcutta. List of images available in the repository.
Titles:
[Views of India] (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
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>)

Classifications:
not applicable (preferred)

Creation Date: [1860-1890]

Creator Display:
Harrington and Norman; G.R. Lambert & Co. [preferred]
photographers G. R. Lambert & Co. (Singaporean photography studio, established 1867, closed 1918 ) [500450232]
photographers Harrington & Norman (Photography studio, 19th century, based in India) [500450234]
Locations:
Current: Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500353615] Getty Research Institute, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: 92-F81; 90.R.42; OCLC Record Number: 416088405
Display Materials: albumen, gelatin silver, gelatin printing out paper
albumen (egg white protein) [300011802]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, organic material, protein, albumin (general protein))
silver gelatin paper [300417482]
.......(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)
gelatin silver process [300139114]
.......(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: 1 album and 108 photographic prints; 24 x 27.5 cm., and smaller
General Subject:
travel (preferred,description)
architecture (description)

Specific Subjects:
India [7000198]
.....(Asia (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)
Buddhist [300073738]
.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <religions and religious concepts>, religions (belief systems| cultures)) (AAT)
Islamic (culture or style) [300380013]
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Islamic World| The) (AAT)
Hindu [300073727]
.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <religions and religious concepts>, religions (belief systems| cultures)) (AAT)
mosques (buildings) [300007544]
.....(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)
temples (buildings) [300007595]
.....(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)
Calcutta [7030776]
.....(West Bengal (state), India (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)
Bombay [7001518]
.....(Mahārāshtra (state), India (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)
tombs [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)
Taj Mahal [700000214]
.....(Taj Mahal Complex [700000214], Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures [700009563], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

Inscriptions: Some photographs have English captions in the negative; others have English annotations on versos in pen or pencil. Nine photographs by Harrington & Norman are signed in the negative and/or bear the firm's wet stamp. One photograph bears the blind stamp: G. R. Lambert & Co. Singapore.
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
[Views of India]........ [VP]
........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-) http://primo.getty.edu/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=detailsTab&ct=display&fn=search&doc=dedupmrg1031820646&indx=2&recIds=dedupmrg1031820646&recIdxs=1&elementId=1&renderMode=poppedOut&displayMode=full&frbrVersion=&frbg=&rfnGrpCounter=1&vl(96033584UI1)=all_items&dscnt=0&scp.scps=scope%3A%28GETTY_EAD2%29%2Cscope%3A%28GETTY_NEWBOOKS%29%2Cscope%3A%28GETTY_ROSETTA%29%2Cscope%3A%28GETTY_ALMA%29&vl(1UIStartWith0)=contains&vl(21781791UI0)=any&vid=GRI&fctV=GRI+Special+Collections&mode=Basic&rfnGrp=1&tab=all_gri&srt=rank&fctN=facet_local2&dum=true&vl(freeText0)=taj%20mahal&dstmp=1520367386967
Subject: ....... [VP]
....................... Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-) http://primo.getty.edu/GRI:GETTY_ALMA21122647140001551
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
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