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ID: 700005848
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700005848
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1 2
A Harvest of Death (albumen print; Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, about 1840 - 1882) (America...; negative July 4, 1863; print 1...; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XO.1232.1.36)
Note: Corpses strewn over a field.
Titles:
A Harvest of Death (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)
Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War (C,U,VL,English,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>)

Classifications:
photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: negative July 4, 1863; print 1866

Creator Display:
Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, about 1840 - 1882) (American Photographer); Print by Alexander Gardner (American, born Scotland, 1821 - 1882) (American Maker) [preferred,JPGM]
O'Sullivan, Timothy H. (American photographer, ca. 1840 -1882) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500005788]
Gardner, Alexander (American photographer and printer, 1821-1882, born in Scotland) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500115196]
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.1232.1.36
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 22.1 cm (7 x 8 11/16 in.) Mount: 30.5 x 39.1 cm (12 x 15 3/8 in.)
Cultures:
American (preferred)

General Subject:
history and legend (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
corpses [300410264]
.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, biological components, animal components, bodies (animal components), <bodies by state or condition>) (AAT)
Battle of Gettysburg [901000757]
.....((American Civil War, United States history, North and South American history, Named Events)) (ICON)
American Civil War [901000030]
.....((United States history, North and South American history, Named Events)) (ICON)
deaths [300151836]
.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), personal life events) (AAT)

Inscriptions: (Verso, mount) inscribed in pencil, at lower left edge, Crane's inventory number: "A42.36 (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:
A Harvest of Death........ [JPGM]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War........ [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-)
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