ID: 700007289 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007289	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

[The Bullion Mine, Virginia City, Nevada] (photographic print; Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916) (American Photograp...; 1875 - 1877; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 97.XM.27)

Note: The subject of this photograph is the site of the Bullion Mine in Virginia City, Nevada, a fact that we know from the three foot letters forming the name on the facade. Mammoth

Titles:

[The Bullion Mine, Virginia City, Nevada] (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

photographic print [300127104] (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))

albumen silver print [300127121]

..... (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: 1875 - 1877

Creator Display:

Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916) (American Photographer) [preferred,JPGM]

photographer Watkins, Carleton E. (American photographer, 1829-1916) [500002731]

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: 97.XM.27

Other: Creation: Virginia City [7014573] Storey county (county), Nevada (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Albumen silver print

	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)

Dimensions: Image: 38.3 x 54 cm (15 1/16 x 21 1/4 in.)

Cultures:

American (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred)

genre

Specific Subjects:

	rural life [300380146]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, sociological concepts, ways of life) (AAT)

	Bullion Shaft [2206591]
	.....(Storey county (county), Nevada (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

Inscriptions: (Verso) inscribed in pencil, at lower center: "The Bullion Mine / Virginia City / Nevada"; in pencil, at lower right corner: "No 1068"; in pencil, at lower right corner edge: "1068"

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
[The Bullion Mine, Virginia City, Nevada]	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)