ID: 700005781 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700005781	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Portrait of a Man Reading a Newspaper (daguerreotype (photograph); John Plumbe, Jr. (American, born United Kingdom, 1809 - 1857...; about 1842; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XT.1565.22)

Note: The man is well-dressed with cravat and top hat.

Titles:

Portrait of a Man Reading a Newspaper (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

daguerreotype (photograph) [300127181] (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: about 1842

Creator Display:

John Plumbe, Jr. (American, born United Kingdom, 1809 - 1857) (American Daguerreotypist) [preferred,JPGM]

daguerreotypist Plumbe, John, Jr. (American daguerreotypist, 1809-1857) [500028739]

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.1565.22

Display Materials: Daguerreotype

	daguerreotype (process) [300053530]
	.......(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, direct positive processes)

Dimensions: 1/4 plate Image: 8.9 x 7 cm (3 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.) Plate: 10.7 x 7.9 cm (4 3/16 x 3 1/8 in.) Mat: 10.8 x 9.2 cm (4 1/4 x 3 5/8 in.)

Cultures:

American (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)

Specific Subjects:

	man (male human) [300025928]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

	reading (activity) [300248178]
	.....(Activities Facet, Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name), mental activities) (AAT)

	newspaper [300026656]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by conditions of production>, publications (documents), serials (publications)) (AAT)

	portrait [300015637]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Portrait of a Man Reading a Newspaper	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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