ID: 700005982 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700005982	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Melrose Abbey (salted paper print; William Henry Fox Talbot (English photographer, 1800-1877); October 1844; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XZ.574.46)

Note: Another copy of this photograph is plate 9 in William Henry Fox Talbot's Sun Pictures in Scotland, published in July 1845.

Titles:

Melrose Abbey (preferred,C,U,DE,English-P,U,U)

The Brewster Album (C,U,VL,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: October 1844

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.574.46

Display Materials: Salted paper print from a Calotype 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)

	calotype (process) [300053484]
	.......(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)

	calotypes (negatives) [300127190]
	.......(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>, negatives (photographs), <negatives by process>)

Dimensions: Image: 16.7 x 20.8 cm (6 9/16 x 8 3/16 in.)

Cultures:

British (preferred)

Scottish (Scots, Scotsman)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Melrose Abbey [700002995]
	.....(Melrose Abbey [700002995], Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures [700009563], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

	Cistercian [300148071]
	.....(Agents Facet, Organizations (hierarchy name), organizations (groups), religious organizations, religious orders, Christian orders) (AAT)

	Gothic (Medieval) [300020775]
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, Medieval styles and periods, Medieval (European)) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscription: Inscr. ro. page in ink in the hand of David Brewster: "Sir D.B's./Burying Ground" & "Melrose Abbey".

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:
Melrose Abbey	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
The Brewster Album	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Smith, Disciples of light (1990) 104