ID: 700006151 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006151	Record Type: Movable Work

Mechanics['] Institute (stereograph; Carleton E. Watkins (American photographer, 1829-1916) ; 1860; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XC.902.51)

Note: Interior view of the exhibition showing a display booth of small cooking stoves and gas lamps.

Titles:

Mechanics['] Institute (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

stereograph [300127197] (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 technique>, <photographs by picture-taking technique>, stereoscopic photographs)

albumen prints [300127121]

..... (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: 1860

Creator Display:

Carleton E. Watkins (American photographer, 1829-1916) [preferred,JPGM]

photographer Watkins, Carleton E. (American photographer, 1829-1916) [500002731]

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.XC.902.51

Other: Creation: San Francisco [7014456] (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)

	stereoscopic photography [300264509]
	.......(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 techniques, picture-taking techniques)

Dimensions: Image (each): 7.3 x 7.3 cm (2 7/8 x 2 7/8 in.); Mount: 8.1 x 17.3 cm (3 3/16 x 6 13/16 in.)

Cultures:

American (preferred)

General Subject:

events (preferred)

interior architecture

Specific Subjects:

	exhibition (event) [300054766]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities)) (AAT)

	gas lamps [300037639]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings (hierarchy name), furnishings (works), <furnishings by form or function>, lighting equipment, lighting devices, <lighting devices by form>, lamps (lighting devices), <lamps by method of illumination>) (AAT)

	stove (heating equipment) [300052201]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by process>, <cooling| heating and humidifying equipment>, heating equipment) (AAT)

Inscriptions: (Recto, mount) inscribed in black ink, at bottom right edge below image, by Watkins: "Mechanics [sic] Institute 1860 [space] 428" (Verso, mount) inscribed in black ink, at left center: "Henry Peiser" (sideways); in pencil, at upper left corner: "67" (sideways); in pencil, at upper right corner: "$125 / #1308"

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Mechanics['] Institute	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)