ID: 700008043 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008043	Record Type: Movable Work

[Photographic Copy of a Drawing of the Head on a Table of a Beheaded Man by Charles Wirgman] (albumen print; Felice Beato (British, born Italy, 1832 - 1909) (British Pho...; about 1864; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2007.26.207.17)

Note: A group of people are standing in front of the display of the beheaded man. A man standing before the group is holding up a sign with a written description of the beheaded man's crime. Charles Wirgman (English artist and reporter, 1832-1891, active in Japan), artist of the work depicted.

Titles:

[Photographic Copy of a Drawing of the Head on a Table of a Beheaded Man by Charles Wirgman] (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Photographic Copy of a Drawing of the Head on a Table of a Beheaded Man (C,U,DE,undetermined,U,U)

Japanese Landscapes (C,U,GP,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: about 1864

Creator Display:

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

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

Wirgman, Charles (English cartoonist, reporter, 1832-1891, active in Japan) [500003746]

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: 2007.26.207.17

Credit Line: Partial gift from the Wilson Centre for Photography

Other: Creation: Nihon [7030366] (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: 19.8 x 25.7 cm (7 13/16 x 10 1/8 in.); Mount: 28.3 x 40 cm (11 1/8 x 15 3/4 in.)

Cultures:

British (preferred)

General Subject:

human figures (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	drawing (visual work) [300033973]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>) (AAT)

	beheading [300379186]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), personal life events, deaths, executions (personal life events)) (AAT)

	head (representation) [300262520]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, figures (representations), <figures by portion represented>) (AAT)

	table (support furniture) [300039548]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings (hierarchy name), furnishings (works), <furnishings by form or function>, furniture, <furniture by form or function>, support furniture) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

............... Group of prints by Felice Beato

.................... Japanese Landscapes

Sources and Contributors:
[Photographic Copy of a Drawing of the Head on a Table of a Beheaded Man by Charles Wirgman]	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Photographic Copy of a Drawing of the Head on a Table of a Beheaded Man	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Japanese Landscapes	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

Note:
English	..... [JPGM,VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)