ID: 700008074 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008074	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Top of the Wall of Pekin Showing the Chinese Guns Directed Against our Batteries, October 14, 1860 (albumen print; Felice Beato (British, born Italy, 1832 - 1909) (British Pho...; October 14, 1860; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2007.26.209.31)

Titles:

Top of the Wall of Pekin Showing the Chinese Guns Directed Against our Batteries, October 14, 1860 (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Second Opium War (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>)

Classifications:

photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: October 14, 1860

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: 2007.26.209.31

Credit Line: Partial gift from the Wilson Centre for Photography

Other: Creation: Beijing [7001758] (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: 35 x 26.5 cm (13 3/4 x 10 7/16 in.)

Cultures:

British (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred)

history and legend

Specific Subjects:

	Great Wall of China [700002922]
	.....(Great Wall of China [700002922], Built Works by class: fortifications, transportation, bridges, barriers, military, urban planning, and engineering works [700009566], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

	guns (artillery) [300036931]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name), weapons, armaments, projectile weapons, <projectile weapons with explosive propellant>, firearms) (AAT)

	Second Opium War [901001460]
	.....((Opium Wars, European history, Named Events)) (ICON)

Inscriptions: (Recto, mount) inscribed in pencil, at upper right edge: "Top of the / Wall of Pekin / showing the / Chinese guns / directed against / our Batteries / Taken [illeg.] / of 21 Oct. ~ 1860 ~ [date underlined]" (Verso, mount) inscribed in pencil, at upper left corner: "32"

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

............... Second Opium War

Sources and Contributors:
Top of the Wall of Pekin Showing the Chinese Guns Directed Against our Batteries, October 14, 1860	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Second Opium War	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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