ID: 700006169 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006169	Record Type: Movable Work

"'On the Merced' Yo Semite" (stereograph; Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916) (American Photograp...; 1861; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 92.XH.97.4)

Titles:

"'On the Merced' Yo Semite" (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

stereograph [300127197] (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 technique>, <photographs by picture-taking technique>, stereoscopic photographs)

Classifications:

photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: 1861

Creator Display:

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

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: 92.XH.97.4

Display Materials: Stereograph, glass

	stereoscopic photography [300264509]
	.......(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 techniques, picture-taking techniques)

	glass (material) [300010797]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)

Dimensions: Image: 6.4 x 14.4 cm (2 1/2 x 5 11/16 in.); Sheet: 8.3 x 17 cm (3 1/4 x 6 11/16 in.); Mount: 8.3 x 17 cm (3 1/4 x 6 11/16 in.)

Cultures:

American (preferred)

General Subject:

landscapes (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Cathedral Fork [2226380]
	.....(Mariposa county (county), California (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	Yosemite National Park [7017627]
	.....(Mariposa county (county), California (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	landscape (environment) [300008626]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscribed recto mat in black ink by Watkins: "`On the Merced' / Yo Semite"

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
"'On the Merced' Yo Semite"	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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