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ID: 700007127
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007127
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
Cañon of Kanab Wash, Colorado River, Looking South (albumen print; William H. Bell (American, 1830 - 1910) (American Photograph...; 1873; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XO.1371.20)
Note: View of canyon with cliff face.
Titles:
Cañon of Kanab Wash, Colorado River, Looking South (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)
Photographs showing landscapes...of the Western Territory of the United States... (C,U,English,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
albumen print [300127121] (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>)
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: 1873

Creator Display:
William H. Bell (American, 1830 - 1910) (American Photographer) [preferred,JPGM]
Bell, William H. (American photographer, 1830-1910) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500055414]
Locations:
Current: Former: 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.XO.1371.20
Other: Creation: Utah [7007827] United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (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)

Dimensions: Image: 27.5 x 20.4 cm (10 13/16 x 8 in.)
Cultures:
American (preferred)

General Subject:
landscapes (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
Kanab Creek [2430873]
.....(United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)
cliff [300008749]
.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), natural landscapes, landforms (terrestrial)) (AAT)
canyon [300008763]
.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), natural landscapes, landforms (terrestrial), fluvial landforms) (AAT)
Colorado River [7021704]
.....(North and Central America (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

Inscriptions: Inscription: Nineteenth century letterpress on recto mount: [Official coat of arms of US War Department]; "Explorations and surveys west of the 100th Meridian. / Expedition of 1872 - Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Commanding. / W. Bell, Phot./ No. 4 / Cañon of Kanab Wash, Colorado River, Looking South."
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
............... Photographs showing Landscapes, Geological and Other Features...of the Western Territory of the United States...
Sources and Contributors:
Cañon of Kanab Wash, Colorado River, Looking South........ [JPGM]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Photographs showing landscapes...of the Western Territory of the United States........... [JPGM]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
Note:
English ..... [JPGM]
..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
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