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ID: 700005986
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700005986
Record Type: Movable Work
[Amelina's Harp in the Library, Lacock Abbey] (salted paper print; William Henry Fox Talbot (British, 1800 - 1877) (British Pho...; October 16, 1840; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XZ.574.50)
Note: A variant of this image is included in an album at the Science Museum in London. Talbot's notebook entry for October 16, 1840, records two photographs of a harp taken with exposures of twenty-one and twenty minutes respectively.
Titles:
[Amelina's Harp in the Library, Lacock Abbey] (preferred,C,U,CO,English-P,U,U)
The Brewster Album (C,U,VL,English,U,U)
A Harp (C,U,UN,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: October 16, 1840

Creator Display:
William Henry Fox Talbot (British, 1800 - 1877) (British Photographer) [preferred,JPGM]
photographer Talbot, William Henry Fox (English photographer, 1800-1877) [500021449]
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.574.50
Other: Creation: Lacock [4006027] Wiltshire (county), England (country), United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Display Materials: Salted paper print from a photogenic drawing 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)
photogenic drawing (process) [300133340]
.......(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)

Dimensions: Image: 13.2 x 12.5 cm (5 3/16 x 4 15/16 in.)Sheet: 14.9 x 14.2 cm (5 7/8 x 5 9/16 in.)
Cultures:
British (preferred)

General Subject:
genre (preferred,description)
musical (interpretation)
interior architecture (description)

Specific Subjects:
harp (chordophone) [300042047]
.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Sound Devices (hierarchy name), sound devices (equipment), <sound devices by acoustical characteristics>, chordophones) (AAT)
Lacock Abbey [700002881]
.....(Lacock Abbey [700002881], Built Works by class: residential structures [700009562], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)
library (building) [300006824]
.....(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>, information handling facilities) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscription: Inscr. ro. page in ink in the hand of David Brewster: "H.F. Talbot".
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:
[Amelina's Harp in the Library, Lacock Abbey]........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
The Brewster Album........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
A Harp........ [VP]
........ Smith, Disciples of light (1990) 106
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... Smith, Disciples of light (1990) 106
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