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ID: 700006085
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006085
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
Dr. Moir (salted paper print; Unknownmaker, British (Photographer); about 1850; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XZ.574.149)
Note: Portrait of Dr. John Moir seated, resting his arm on a pile of books. A similar image is part of the University of St Andrews Photographic Collection.
Titles:
Dr. Moir (preferred,C,U,IN,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: about 1850

Creator Display:
Unknownmaker, British (Photographer) [preferred,JPGM]
photographer unknown British (modern) (modern British cultural designation) [500125220]
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.574.149
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)
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>)
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)

Dimensions: Image: 18.7 x 14.3 cm (7 3/8 x 5 5/8 in.)
Cultures:
British (preferred)

General Subject:
portraits (preferred,description)

Specific Subjects:
Moir, Dr. John (British sitter, active 19th century) [500356799]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
single-sitter portrait [300404138]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, portraits) (AAT)
man (male human) [300025928]
.....(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)
books [300028051]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), information artifacts, <information artifacts by physical form>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscription: Inscr. ro. page in ink in the hand of David Brewster: "Dr Moir".
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:
Dr. Moir........ [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]
....................... University of St Andrews Photographic Collection [online], 2015-. accessed 21 January 2015
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... University of St Andrews Photographic Collection [online], 2015-. accessed 21 January 2015
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