ID: 700007916 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007916	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

[Sammy House, Showing the Bodies of Sepoys Killed in Action] (albumen print; Felice Beato (British, born Italy, 1832 - 1909) (British Pho...; 1858; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2007.26.204.24)

Titles:

[Sammy House, Showing the Bodies of Sepoys Killed in Action] (preferred,C,U,CO,English-P,U,U)

Delhi - The Indian Mutiny (C,U,VL,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>)

Classifications:

photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: 1858

Creator Display:

Felice Beato (British, born Italy, 1832 - 1909) (British Photographer) [preferred,JPGM]

photographer Beato, Felice (British photographer, ca. 1830-after 1904, of Italian origin) [500002985]

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: 2007.26.204.24

Credit Line: Partial gift from the Wilson Centre for Photography

Other: Creation: Delhi [7001535] (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: 25.7 x 31.4 cm (10 1/8 x 12 3/8 in.)Mount: 37.1 x 41 cm (14 5/8 x 16 1/8 in.)

Cultures:

British (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,description)

landscapes (description)

Specific Subjects:

	battery (platform) [300002501]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <architectural elements by building type>, fortification elements) (AAT)

	skeletons (animal components) [300191778]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, biological components, animal components, <skeletons and skeleton components>) (AAT)

	battlefield [300000835]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name), complexes (buildings and sites), <complexes by function>, sites (locations)) (AAT)

	death [300151836]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), personal life events) (AAT)

	Indian Mutiny [901001467]
	.....((Indian history, Asian history, Named Events)) (ICON)

	dead (people) [300389809]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by state or condition>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: (Recto, mount) inscribed in pencil, at upper center: "23."; in pencil, at lower right below image: "10"; in pencil, at lower center edge: "Sammy House, Showing the bodies of Sepoys killed in action [space] #6"; on slip of white paper affixed to center mount, in black ink: "A desperate attack was made / by the Mutineers whom this [illeg.] -- they charged up / close to our [illeg.], and / the dry [underlined] bones mark their [illeg.]!!!"

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

............... Delhi

Sources and Contributors:
[Sammy House, Showing the Bodies of Sepoys Killed in Action]	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Delhi - The Indian Mutiny	........ [VP,JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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