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ID: 700005754
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700005754
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
[Portrait of a Couple at Niagara Falls in Waterproof Clothing] (ambrotype (photograph); Attributed to Henry Hollister (Canadian, active about 1840 -...; 1860s; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XT.818.15)
Note: Man is standing; woman is seated. Both are wearing hooded outfits.
Titles:
[Portrait of a Couple at Niagara Falls in Waterproof Clothing] (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
ambrotype (photograph) [300127186] (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), direct positives)
cased photograph [300127264]
..... (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 processing or presentation technique>)

Classifications:
photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: 1860s

Creator Display:
Attributed to Henry Hollister (Canadian, active about 1840 - 1860) (Canadian Ambrotypist) [preferred,JPGM]
ambrotypist Hollister, Henry (American ambrotypist, active ca. 1840-1855) [500055410]
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.XT.818.15
Display Materials: Ambrotype
ambrotype (wet collodion process) [300137324]
.......(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, collodion processes, wet collodion process)

Dimensions: Whole plate; Image: 12.7 x 17.9 cm (5 x 7 1/16 in.) Mat: 16.7 x 22.1 cm (6 9/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Cultures:
Canadian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Colonial North American [300107812] (preferred,style)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Americas| The, Colonial American (pan-American style))

General Subject:
portraits (preferred)
natural objects

Specific Subjects:
Niagara Falls [7014230]
.....(North and Central America (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)
waterfall (body of water) [300008736]
.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), natural landscapes, bodies of water (natural), bodies of freshwater, <bodies of freshwater by biome>, riverine bodies of water) (AAT)
clothing [300266639]
.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Costume (hierarchy name), costume (mode of fashion)) (AAT)
man (male human) [300025928]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)
sightseeing [300380141]
.....(Activities Facet, Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name), physical activities, <physical activities by specific context>, <public and interactive activities>) (AAT)
waterproof [300053698]
.....(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <protective processes and techniques>) (AAT)
woman (female human) [300025943]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
[Portrait of a Couple at Niagara Falls in Waterproof Clothing]........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
Note:
English ..... [JPGM]
..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
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