ID: 700005818 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700005818	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Malakoff Diggings, North Bloomfield, Nevada County, California (albumen print; Carleton E. Watkins (American photographer, 1829-1916) ; 1871; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XM.897.2)

Note: In this highly detailed overview, Carleton Watkins looked down upon a hydraulic mining operation and recorded the early intrusion of industry upon the landscape. A layered, dense forest surrounds the mine, which recedes into the background, subordinated to the stripped and littered foreground. A diagonal pipe, ferrying precious resources to an unseen destination, bisects the bleak clearing. A lone building in the upper left center peeks out from a crevice, giving a sense of scale. Watkins's lens, encompassing a vast depth of field, sharply drew each stone and pebble in the mine, each striation of rock.

Titles:

Malakoff Diggings, North Bloomfield, Nevada County, California (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

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: 1871

Creator Display:

Carleton E. Watkins (American photographer, 1829-1916) [preferred,JPGM]

photographer 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: 84.XM.897.2

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: 40.2 x 52.4 cm (15 13/16 x 20 5/8 in.); Mount: 55.2 x 68.3 cm (21 3/4 x 26 7/8 in.)

Cultures:

American (preferred)

General Subject:

landscapes (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	North Bloomfield [2012967]
	.....() (TGN)

	mining [300054710]
	.....(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <subtractive processes and techniques>) (AAT)

	forest (cultural landscape) [300008863]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), cultural landscapes, <cultural landscapes by location or context>, wilderness) (AAT)

	landscape (visual work) [300015636]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: (Recto, mount) inscribed in black ink, at bottom center below image, in the style of Fulgenzio Seregni: "Malakoff Diggins / North Bloomfield, Nevada Co. Cal."

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Malakoff Diggings, North Bloomfield, Nevada County, California	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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