ID: 700005965 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700005965	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Mrs. Hugh Playfair (salted paper print; Sir Hugh Lyon Playfair (British, active 1850s) (British Phot...; 1845 - 1850; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XZ.574.28)

Titles:

Mrs. Hugh Playfair (preferred,C,U,DE,English-P,U,U)

The Brewster Album (C,U,VL,English,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>)

Classifications:

photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: 1845 - 1850

Creator Display:

Sir Hugh Lyon Playfair (British, active 1850s) (British Photographer); Copy print by Sir David Brewster (Scottish, 1781 - 1868) (Scottish Maker) [preferred,JPGM]

photographer Playfair, Hugh Lyon (British photographer and military officer, 1786-1861 ) Extent: negative [500354962]

printer Brewster, David (Scottish photographer, 1781-1868) Extent: print [500043545]

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: 84.XZ.574.28

Display Materials: Salted paper print from a Calotype negative

	salted paper processes [300053495]
	.......(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)

	calotype (process) [300053484]
	.......(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, salted paper processes)

	calotypes (negatives) [300127190]
	.......(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>, negatives (photographs), <negatives by process>)

Dimensions: Image: 14 x 9.2 cm (5 1/2 x 3 5/8 in.)

Cultures:

British (preferred)

General Subject:

portraits (preferred,description)

Specific Subjects:

	Jane Playfair (Scottish sitter, active 19th century) [500355370]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	woman (female human) [300025943]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

	seated [300263970]
	.....(Activities Facet, Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name), physical activities, <physical activities by specific context>, <personal and passive activities>) (AAT)

	full length [300343592]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, figures (representations), <figures by portion represented>) (AAT)

	portrait [300015637]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscription: Inscr. ro. print in ink in the hand of David Brewster: "Mrs. H. Playfair" & "DB Copied from Major Playfair Phot"; inscr. on print in ink: "Chain Bridge at Melrose" referring to a photograph since detached (fragments of corners being visible).

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

............... Brewster Codex: portraits, views, group portraits, etc. with drawings, compiled by Sir David Brewster.

Sources and Contributors:
Mrs. Hugh Playfair	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
The Brewster Album	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]