ID: 700006932 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006932	Record Type: Movable Work
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[Brewster Codex: portraits, views, group portraits, etc. with drawings, compiled by Sir David Brewster.] (album (book); David Brewster (Scottish photographer, 1781-1868) and contri...; 1839-1849; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XZ.574)

Note: The Brewster Codex is an album documenting Sir David Brewster's passionate interest in photography during the 19th century. A leather-bound volume of eighty-three folios, the codex consists of 190 mounted prints plus 8 drawings. Its contents comprise of extensive photographic series by William Henry Fox Talbot and his principle disciples at St Andrews, in addition to other early practitioners of photography.

Titles:

[Brewster Codex: portraits, views, group portraits, etc. with drawings, compiled by Sir David Brewster.] (preferred,C,U,CO,English-P,U,U)

Brewster Album (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: album

Work Types:

album (book) [300026690] (preferred)

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

photo album [300026695]

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

Classifications:

photographs (preferred)

books

Creation Date: 1839-1849

Creator Display:

David Brewster (Scottish photographer, 1781-1868) and contributing photographers [preferred,VP]

David Brewster (Scottish photographer, 1781-1868); William Henry Fox Talbot (English photographer, 1800-1877); Robert Adamson (Scottish chemist and photographer, 1821-1848); David Octavius Hill (Scottish photographer and painter, 1802-1870); Henry Collen (English miniaturist and photographer, ca. 1798-1879); George Dalrymple Monteith (British photographer, active mid-19th century); Hill & Adamson (Scottish photography studio, active 1843-1848); Michael Pakenham Edgeworth (British photographer and botanist, 1812-1881); Hugh Lyon Playfair (British photographer and military officer, 1786-1861); William Holland Furlong (Irish photographer, active ca. 1840-ca. 1857); John Herschel (English photographer, draftsman, and scientist, 1792-1871); Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story-Maskelyne (English mineralogist and photographer, 1823-1911); Thomas Rodger (Scottish photographer, 1833-1883); Henry Craige Brewster (Scottish photographer, 1816-1905) [,JPGM]

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

photographer Adamson, Robert (Scottish chemist and photographer, 1821-1848) [500010587]

photographer Hill, David Octavius (Scottish painter and photographer, 1802-1870) [500019476]

photographer Collen, Henry (English miniaturist and photographer, ca. 1798-1879) [500012789]

photographer Monteith, George Dalrymple (British photographer, active mid-19th century) [500111205]

photography studio Hill & Adamson (Scottish photography studio, active 1843-1848) [500041217]

photographer Edgeworth, Michael Pakenham (Irish photographer and botanist, 1812-1881) [500354961]

photographer Playfair, Hugh Lyon (British photographer and military officer, 1786-1861 ) [500354962]

photographer Furlong, William Holland (Irish photographer, born ca. 1815) [500354963]

photographer Herschel, John (English photographer, draftsman, and scientist, 1792-1871) [500115027]

photographer Story-Maskelyne, Mervyn Herbert Nevil (English mineralogist and photographer, 1823-1911) [500032487]

photographer Rodger, Thomas (Scottish photographer, 1833-1883) [500106063]

photographer Brewster, Henry Craigie (Scottish photographer and military officer, 1816-1905) [500043543]

photographer Monteith, Frances (British photographer, born 1813, active 1840s) [500354964]

photographer Henneman, Nicolaas (Dutch photographer, 1813-1893 or 1898, active in England) [500115603]

photographer Lawrance, J.W. (British photographer, active 1840s-1850s) [500354965]

photographer unknown British (modern) (modern British cultural designation) [500125220]

photographer Adamson, John (Scottish photographer, 1809-1870) [500024265]

photographer Ponsonby, Ashley George John (British photographer, politician, 1831-1898) [500354966]

photographer Brewster, David (Scottish photographer, 1781-1868) [500043545]

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

Other: Creation: Scotland [7002444] United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Talbotype / Cyanotype

	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)

	cyanotypes (photographic prints) [300134811]
	.......(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>)

	salted paper prints [300127149]
	.......(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>)

Dimensions: 8vo (octavo); 23.5 x 19 cm (9 1/4 x 7 3/8 inches); 83 leaves

Events:

exhibition: October 1, 2013-January 5, 2014 Los Angeles [7023900] (Los Angeles county (county), California (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet))

exhibition: July 20-October 22, 1999 Los Angeles [7023900] (Los Angeles county (county), California (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet))

Cultures:

British (preferred)

Scottish (Scots, Scotsman)

General Subject:

portraits (preferred,description)

landscapes (description)

architecture (description)

still lifes (description,common)

Specific Subjects:

	portraits [300015637]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

	military officers [300236210]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in military occupations>) (AAT)

	cathedrals (works by context) [300007501]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, religious structures, religious buildings, churches (buildings), <church buildings by location or context>) (AAT)

	group portrait [300124525]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, portraits) (AAT)

Watermarks: J. Green and Son / 1833

Inscriptions: Inscription: Ms. captions. verso ink Henry Talbot "The Hall of Lacock Abbey H.F. Talbot phot Oct 6 1817 diffused daylight"

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
[Brewster Codex: portraits, views, group portraits, etc. with drawings, compiled by Sir David Brewster.]	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Brewster Album	........ [VP]
	........ Smith, Disciples of light (1990) 97

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

....................... Smith, Disciples of light (1990) 97

Note:
English	..... [JPGM,VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
	..... Smith, Disciples of light (1990) 12-13