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ID: 700008047
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008047
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
Howqua's Gardens, Canton (albumen print; Felice Beato (English photographer, ca. 1825-ca. 1908); August - October 1860; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2007.26.209.2)
Titles:
Howqua's Gardens, Canton (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)
Second Opium War (C,U,CN,English,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
albumen print [300127121] (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>)
photographic print [300127104]
..... (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))

Classifications:
photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: August - October 1860

Creator Display:
Felice Beato (English photographer, ca. 1825-ca. 1908) [preferred,JPGM]
Beato, Felice (British photographer, ca. 1830-after 1904, of Italian origin) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500002985]
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: 2007.26.209.2
Credit Line: Partial gift from the Wilson Centre for Photography
Other: Creation: Guangzhou [7018040] Canton province (province), China (nation), Asia (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: 14.4 x 21.1 cm (5 11/16 x 8 5/16 in.); Mount: 25.4 x 35.1 cm (10 x 13 13/16 in.)
Cultures:
British (preferred)

General Subject:
architecture (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
gardens (open spaces) [300008090]
.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name ), open spaces, <open spaces by form>) (AAT)
Howqua (Chinese merchant, 1769-1843) [500372884]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Inscriptions: (Recto, mount) inscribed in pencil, at lower center: "Howqua's Gardens [space] Canton" (Verso, mount) inscribed in pencil, at upper left corner: "4"
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
............... Second Opium War
Sources and Contributors:
Howqua's Gardens, Canton........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-) accessed 8 April 2014
Second Opium War........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
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