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ID: 700005847
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700005847
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
Marshall House, Alexandria, Virginia (albumen print; Alexander Gardner (American photographer and printer, 1821-1...; negative August 1862; print 18...; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XO.1232.1.1)
Titles:
Marshall House, Alexandria, Virginia (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)
Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War (C,U,GP,undetermined,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: negative August 1862; print 1866

Creator Display:
Alexander Gardner (American photographer and printer, 1821-1882); William R. Pywell (American photographer, born 1843 or 1844, died 1887) ) [preferred,JPGM]
printer Gardner, Alexander (American photographer and printer, 1821-1882, born in Scotland) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500115196]
photographer Pywell, William R. (American photographer, born 1843 or 1844, died 1887) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500036928]
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.XO.1232.1.1
Other: Creation: Alexandria [7013269] (Geographic)
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: 17.8 x 23 cm (7 x 9 1/16 in.); Mount: 30.5 x 39.5 cm (12 x 15 9/16 in.)
Cultures:
American (preferred)

General Subject:
history and legend (preferred)
military

Specific Subjects:
American Civil War [901000030]
.....((United States history, North and South American history, Named Events)) (ICON)
camp (temporary settlement) [300257104]
.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), inhabited places, <settlements by form>) (AAT)
soldiers [300185678]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in military occupations>) (AAT)
Alexandria [7013269]
.....() (TGN)
Marshall House [700009170]
.....(Marshall House [700009170], Built Works by class: residential structures [700009562], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

Inscriptions: Markings: (Recto, mount) imprinted in black ink, at lower center: "MARSHALL HOUSE, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA."; in black ink, at lower left below image: "Negative by WM. R. PYWELL. [space] Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1866, by A. Gardner, in the Clerk's Office of the District of Columbia. [space] Positive by A. GARDNER, 511 7th st., Washington.; in black ink, at lower left: "No. 1."; in black ink, at lower right: "August, 1862." Inscription: (Verso, mount) inscribed in pencil, at lower left edge, Crane's inventory number: "A4.1 (Gar)"
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
............... Two volumes, Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Vol. I and II
.................... Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the Civil War, Vol. I
Sources and Contributors:
Marshall House, Alexandria, Virginia........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War........ [VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
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