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ID: 700007673
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007673
Record Type: Movable Work
Scene in Nanking Arsenal (collotype (print); John Thomson (Scottish, 1837 - 1921) (British Photographer); 1874; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XB.757.3.3.18)
Titles:
Scene in Nanking Arsenal (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
collotype (print) [300154355] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, photomechanical prints, photolithographs)
photomechanical print [300041424]
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>)

Classifications:
photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: 1874

Creator Display:
John Thomson (Scottish, 1837 - 1921) (British Photographer) [preferred,JPGM]
daguerreotypist Thomson, John (Scottish photographer and author, 1837-1921, active in the Far East and in London) [500022641]
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.XB.757.3.3.18
Other: Creation: London [7011781] Greater London (metropolitan area), England (country), United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Display Materials: Collotype
collotype (process) [300053204]
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, photomechanical processes, planographic photomechanical processes, photolithography)

Dimensions: Image: 23.3 x 28.6 cm (9 3/16 x 11 1/4 in.) Sheet: 34.8 x 47.1 cm (13 11/16 x 18 9/16 in.)
Cultures:
British (preferred)

General Subject:
military (preferred)
human figures

Specific Subjects:
arsenal (building) [300000448]
.....(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>, military buildings, <military deployment and distribution buildings>) (AAT)
men (male humans) [300025928]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)
Nanking [7001892]
.....(Jiangsu (province), China (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

Inscriptions: (Recto, print) inscribed in negative, in white, at lower left corner: "18"
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
Scene in Nanking Arsenal........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
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