ID: 700005840 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700005840	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

The Sands of Time (daguerreotypes (photographs); Thomas Richard Williams (English, 1825 - 1871) (English Dagu...; 1850 - 1852; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XT.266.9)

Note: Still life of memento mori.

Titles:

The Sands of Time (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Vanitas / Still Life with Skull, Open Book with Glasses, and Hourglass / The Sands of Time (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

daguerreotypes (photographs) [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)

stereograph [300127197]

..... (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 picture-taking technique>, stereoscopic photographs)

Classifications:

photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: 1850 - 1852

Creator Display:

Thomas Richard Williams (English, 1825 - 1871) (English Daguerreotypist) [preferred,JPGM]

photographer Williams, Thomas Richard (English photographer, 1825-1871) [500024311]

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.266.9

Display Materials: Stereograph, 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: Two 1/6 plates Image (each): 7 x 5.9 cm (2 3/4 x 2 5/16 in.) Object (whole): 8.3 x 17.1 cm (3 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.)

Cultures:

English (preferred)

General Subject:

still lifes (preferred)

allegory

Specific Subjects:

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

	vanitas (still lifes) [300249151]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, still lifes) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscription: None. Secondary Inscription: Inscribed on backing, at upper left corner, in pencil: "T.R. Williams".

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
The Sands of Time	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Vanitas / Still Life with Skull, Open Book with Glasses, and Hourglass / The Sands of Time	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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