ID: 700005784 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700005784	Record Type: Movable Work

Portrait of Caroline Emilia Mary Herschel (daguerreotype (photograph); John Jabez Edwin Mayall (British, 1810 - 1901) (British Dagu...; about 1853; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XT.1574.1)

Note: The woman is seated at a table with two books on top.

Titles:

Portrait of Caroline Emilia Mary Herschel (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 1853

Creator Display:

John Jabez Edwin Mayall (British, 1810 - 1901) (British Daguerreotypist) [preferred,JPGM]

photographer Mayall, J. E. (British photographer and daguerreotypist, 1813-1901, active in United States) [500115530]

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.1574.1

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: 1/2 plate Image: 12.7 x 9.2 cm (5 x 3 5/8 in.) Object (whole): 15.5 x 12.1 cm (6 1/8 x 4 3/4 in.)

Cultures:

British (preferred)

General Subject:

portraits (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Herschel, Caroline Emilia Mary (British noble, 1830-1909) [500354994]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	books [300028051]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), information artifacts, <information artifacts by physical form>) (AAT)

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

	seated [300263970]
	.....(Activities Facet, Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name), physical activities, <physical activities by specific context>, <personal and passive activities>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscription: None. Secondary Inscription: Inscribed on recto of brass mat, at bottom, in ink: "Caroline Emilia Mary Herschel"; at lower right corner, in pencil: "about 1853". Inscribed on backing, in black ink, at upper left corner: "The"; at center: "The case of this is one of the / American Daguerreotype / Institution / 433 West Strand / Case lent to / Miss Draper's / photo / for N. Yk".

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Portrait of Caroline Emilia Mary Herschel	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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