ID: 700006121 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006121	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Books on Four Shelves (salted paper print; William Henry Fox Talbot (British, 1800 - 1877) (British Pho...; 1842 - 1843; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XZ.574.186)

Note: This image is related to plate 7 in the first commercially published book illustrated by photographs,The Pencil of Nature, entitled A Scene in the Library.

Titles:

Books on Four Shelves (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: 1842 - 1843

Creator Display:

William Henry Fox Talbot (British, 1800 - 1877) (British Photographer) [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.574.186

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)

	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>)

	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)

Dimensions: Image: 14.6 x 18.1 cm (5 3/4 x 7 1/8 in.)Sheet: 17.6 x 21.5 cm (6 15/16 x 8 7/16 in.)

Cultures:

British (preferred)

General Subject:

still lifes (preferred,description)

Specific Subjects:

	books [300028051]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), information artifacts, <information artifacts by physical form>) (AAT)

	shelves [300165847]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, furnishings components, furniture components) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscription: Inscr. ro. page in ink in the hand of David Brewster: "H.F. Talbot".

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:
Books on Four Shelves	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
The Brewster Album	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-) 126

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

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Smith, Disciples of light (1990) 126
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 14 April 2015