ID: 700006935 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006935	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

[Scene at Niagara Falls] (daguerreotypes (photographs); Platt D. Babbitt (American, died 1879, active Niagara Falls,...; about 1855; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XT.866)

Note: Two well-dressed couples on the banks gazing at the falls.

Titles:

[Scene at Niagara Falls] (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

daguerreotypes (photographs) [300127181] (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), direct positives)

Classifications:

photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: about 1855

Creator Display:

Platt D. Babbitt (American, died 1879, active Niagara Falls, New York 1853 - 1870) (American Daguerreotypist) [preferred,JPGM]

Babbitt, Platt D. (American daguerreotypist, 1823-1879) [500055805]

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.XT.866

Display Materials: Daguerreotype

	daguerreotype (process) [300053530]
	.......(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, direct positive processes)

Dimensions: Whole plate Image: 14.8 x 18.1 cm (5 13/16 x 7 1/8 in.) Object: 22.9 x 28.9 cm (9 x 11 3/8 in.)

Cultures:

American (preferred)

General Subject:

landscapes (preferred)

natural objects

Specific Subjects:

	Niagara Falls [7014230]
	.....() (TGN)

	sightseeing [300380141]
	.....(Activities Facet, Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name), physical activities, <physical activities by specific context>, <public and interactive activities>) (AAT)

	couples [300379217]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), groups of people, social groups) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
[Scene at Niagara Falls]	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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