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ID: 700007974
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007974
Record Type: Movable Work
[Macchi Bhawan] (albumen print; Felice Beato (English photographer, born Italy, ca. 1825-190...; March-April 1858; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2007.26.205.20)
Titles:
[Macchi Bhawan] (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)
[The Nuchee Bawan or Old Citadel of Lucknow at first held by Sir Henry Lawrence] (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: March-April 1858

Creator Display:
Felice Beato (English photographer, born Italy, ca. 1825-1908) [preferred,JPGM]
photographer Beato, Felice (British photographer, ca. 1830-after 1904, of Italian origin) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [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: 2007.26.205.20
Credit Line: Partial gift from the Wilson Centre for Photography
Other: Creation: Lucknow [7001561] (Geographic)
Display Materials: Albumen silver print
albumen prints [300127121]
.......(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>)
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: 24.3 x 29.5 cm (9 9/16 x 11 5/8 in.); Mount: 37.1 x 41 cm (14 5/8 x 16 1/8 in.)
General Subject:
architecture (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
building (structure) [300004792]
.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by general type>, structures (single built works)) (AAT)
fort [300006909]
.....(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>, fortifications (built environment)) (AAT)

Inscriptions: (Recto, mount) inscribed in pencil, at upper center edge: "Muchee [sic] Bawa [sic] blows up and evacuated by Sir Henry Lawrence on the outbreak of / the Mutiny. Vast stones were accumulated here."; in black ink, at upper center above image: "The Munchee [sic] Bhawan Fort was provisional and fortified prior to the Siege but it was found im- / possible to hold both places. So the garrison were marched to the Residency at night. Leaving / a slow match burning by which the Munchee [sic] Bhawan was blown up two hours afterwards. [space] Sir G.C./90"; in pencil, at lower left corner: "41"; in pencil, at lower right below image: "25 [mostly erased]"
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
............... Group of prints by Felice Beato
.................... Lucknow
Sources and Contributors:
[Macchi Bhawan]........ [JPGM]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
[The Nuchee Bawan or Old Citadel of Lucknow at first held by Sir Henry Lawrence]........ [JPGM]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
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