ID: 700005939 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700005939	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

[Head of an Unknown Saint] (salted paper print; William Henry Fox Talbot (English photographer, 1800-1877); May 1839; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XZ.574.2)

Note: Source image from old painted glass.

Titles:

[Head of an Unknown Saint] (preferred,C,U,CO,English-P,U,U)

The Brewster Album (C,U,VL,English,U,U)

Head of Christ (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

salted paper print [300127149] (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: May 1839

Creator Display:

William Henry Fox Talbot (English photographer, 1800-1877) [preferred,JPGM]

photographer Talbot, William Henry Fox (English photographer, 1800-1877) [500021449]

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.XZ.574.2

Display Materials: Salted paper print from a photogenic drawing negative

	salted paper processes [300053495]
	.......(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)

	photogenic drawing (process) [300133340]
	.......(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, salted paper processes)

Dimensions: Image: 21 x 22.2 cm (8 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.)

Cultures:

British (preferred)

English

General Subject:

human figures (preferred)

religion and mythology

Specific Subjects:

	saint [300150555]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by state or condition>) (AAT)

	head (representation) [300262520]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, figures (representations), <figures by portion represented>) (AAT)

	halo (glory) [300375684]
	.....(Physical Attributes Facet, Design Elements (hierarchy name), design elements (attributes), motifs, glories) (AAT)

	painted glass (visual works) [300343822]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by location or context>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscription: Insc. ro. page in ink in the hand of David Brewster: "H.F. Talbot Phot"; on vo. print in ink in the hand of Talbot: "from old painted glass" & "H.F. Talbot photogr./May 1839".

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

............... Brewster Codex: portraits, views, group portraits, etc. with drawings, compiled by Sir David Brewster.

Sources and Contributors:
[Head of an Unknown Saint]	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
The Brewster Album	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Head of Christ	........ [VP]
	........ Smith, Disciples of light (1990) 98

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

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Smith, Disciples of light (1990) 98