ID: 700007084 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007084	Record Type: Movable Work

Portrait of Edward Carrington, Jr. / Uncle Ed. Edward Carrington (daguerreotype (photograph); Jeremiah Gurney (American, 1812 - 1886) (American Daguerreot...; 1842; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 94.XT.55)

Note: The subject is a young boy seated very close to a remarkable, painted backdrop which is strongly reminiscent of the work of the Hudson River school of painters.

Titles:

Portrait of Edward Carrington, Jr. / Uncle Ed. Edward Carrington (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

daguerreotype (photograph) [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)

cased photograph [300127264]

..... (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 processing or presentation technique>)

Classifications:

photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: 1842

Creator Display:

Jeremiah Gurney (American, 1812 - 1886) (American Daguerreotypist) [preferred,JPGM]

daguerreotypist Gurney, Jeremiah (American daguerreotypist, 1812-1895) [500016600]

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: 94.XT.55

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: 1/6 plate Image: 7.4 x 5.9 cm (2 15/16 x 2 5/16 in.)

Cultures:

American (preferred)

General Subject:

portraits (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

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

	boy [300247598]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

	backdrop [300263403]
	.....(Objects Facet, Object Genres (hierarchy name), object genres (object classifications), <object genres by function>) (AAT)

	Hudson River School [300379047]
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Americas| The, modern American, modern North American, <modern North American fine arts styles and movements>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscribed on green silk pad of the daguerreotype case, in ink, "UNCLE ED / EDWARD / CARRINGTON" Inscribed on verso new tape seal, by Dennis Waters: (at top) "Very Heavy Hand Cut / Plate Square Corner / Perimeter Band Holder"; (at right, sideways): "Used Backdrop / scene is Hudson / River c. 1841-42"; (at bottom) "Retaped 10/31/90 / D.A.W. Exeter, N.H."; (at left, sideways) "Edward Carrington / `Uncle Ed' on mat" (all in ink)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Portrait of Edward Carrington, Jr. / Uncle Ed. Edward Carrington	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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