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ID: 700007979
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007979
Record Type: Movable Work
[The Rumi Durwaza, or Constantinople Gate] (albumen print; Felice Beato (British, born Italy, 1832 - 1909) (British Pho...; April 1858; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2007.26.205.25)
Titles:
[The Rumi Durwaza, or Constantinople Gate] (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)
Lucknow - The Indian Mutiny (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: April 1858

Creator Display:
Felice Beato (British, born Italy, 1832 - 1909) (British Photographer) [preferred,JPGM]
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: 2007.26.205.25
Credit Line: Partial gift from the Wilson Centre for Photography
Other: Creation: Lucknow [7001561] (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: 25.2 x 30.2 cm (9 15/16 x 11 7/8 in.)Mount: 37.1 x 41 cm (14 5/8 x 16 1/8 in.)
Cultures:
British (preferred)

General Subject:
history and legend (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
Rumi Darwaza [700002916]
.....(Rumi Darwaza [700002916], Built Works by class: fortifications, transportation, bridges, barriers, military, urban planning, and engineering works [700009566], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

Inscriptions: (Recto, mount) inscribed in pencil, at upper center edge: "Roomee [sic] Durwasa [sic], or Gate of Constantinople. The finest specimen in Lucknow."; in black ink, at upper center above image: "The Roomi [sic] Durwaza, so called as it is supposed to be a copy of a Similar Gate at Constantinople / The Dome is celebrated for its wild bees nests. [space] Sir G.C./90."; in pencil, at lower left corner: "49"
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:
[The Rumi Durwaza, or Constantinople Gate]........ [JPGM]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Lucknow - The Indian Mutiny........ [JPGM]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
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