ID: 700005739 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700005739	Record Type: Movable Work

[Cast of a Dog Killed by the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii] (albumen print; Giorgio Sommer (Italian, born Germany, 1834 - 1914) (Italian...; about 1874; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XP.677.31)

Titles:

[Cast of a Dog Killed by the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii] (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

Pompei. Jmpronte. (C,U,English,,)

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: about 1874

Creator Display:

Giorgio Sommer (Italian, born Germany, 1834 - 1914) (Italian Photographer) [preferred,JPGM]

Sommer, Giorgio (Italian or German photographer, 1834-1914, active in Italy) [500030461]

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.XP.677.31

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: 19.5 x 25.2 cm (7 11/16 x 9 15/16 in.)Mount: 27.8 x 34.9 cm (10 15/16 x 13 3/4 in.)

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

General Subject:

animals (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	cast (sculpture) [300047806]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by technique>) (AAT)

	dog (species) [300250130]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Carnivora (order), Canidae (family), Canis (genus)) (AAT)

	death [300151836]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), personal life events) (AAT)

Inscriptions: (Recto, mount) inscribed in pencil, at lower center below image: "Dog found at Pompeii"; in pencil, at upper center above image: "Dog found at Pompeii" (written upside-down and crossed-out)" (Verso, mount) inscribed in pencil, at lower right corner, Wagstaff's inventory number: "G. Sommer - 4"

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
[Cast of a Dog Killed by the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii]	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Pompei. Jmpronte.	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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