COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9 mediaCollectionId ARCHIVISIONBASETO9~1~1 Archivision Base to Module 9 Collection true
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Preferred Title:
Getty Tomb work_preftitle Getty Tomb Preferred Title false
Alternate Title:
Carrie Eliza Getty Tomb work_alttitle Carrie Eliza Getty Tomb Alternate Title false
Image View:
Upper part of the right bronze gate, depicting panel image_title Upper part of the right bronze gate, depicting panel Image View false
Creator:
Louis H. Sullivan (American architect, 1856-1924) agent_display Louis H. Sullivan (American architect, 1856-1924) Creator false
Location:
site: Chicago, Illinois, United States work_location_type_display site: Chicago, Illinois, United States Location false
Location Note:
Graceland Cemetery, Clark Street and Irving Park Road work_locationnotes Graceland Cemetery, Clark Street and Irving Park Road Location Note false
GPS:
+41.961144-87.661272 gps +41.961144-87.661272 GPS false
Date:
1890 (creation) work_datedisplay 1890 (creation) Date false
Cultural Context:
American work_culture American Cultural Context false
Style Period:
Art Nouveau work_styleperioddisplay Art Nouveau Style Period false
Work Type 1:
monument work_worktype1 monument Work Type 1 false
Work Type 2:
tomb work_worktype2 tomb Work Type 2 false
Classification:
architecture work_classification architecture Classification false
Material:
limestone; bronze work_materialdisplay limestone; bronze Material false
Technique:
construction (assembling) work_technique construction (assembling) Technique false
Inscription:
Arch above the gates with the word "GETTY" work_inscriptiondisplay Arch above the gates with the word "GETTY" Inscription false
Subjects:
architectural exteriors; death or burial; plants; gate work_image_subjectdisplay architectural exteriors; death or burial; plants; gate Subjects false
Description:
The quiet elegance of this tomb celebrates life amidst the cemetery's somber environment of death. An architectural writer once described it as being "as near perfection as mortals are allowed to approach." Its beauty is achieved through a combination of simple geometric shapes and rich delicately proportioned ornamentation. The tomb is located in an area of Graceland Cemetery that contains the graves or monuments of such prominent Chicago families as the Potter Palmers, George Pullmans, and Marshall Fields. The Getty Tomb was built by businessman Henry Harrison Getty for his wife, Carrie Eliza Getty. The Getty family is interred in the tomb. It is a Chicago Landmark (1971) and on the US National Register of Historic Places (1974). (Source: Chicago Landmarks [website]; https://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/) work_description_source The quiet elegance of this tomb celebrates life amidst the cemetery's somber environment of death. An architectural writer once described it as being "as near perfection as mortals are allowed to approach." Its beauty is achieved through a combination of simple geometric shapes and rich delicately proportioned ornamentation. The tomb is located in an area of Graceland Cemetery that contains the graves or monuments of such prominent Chicago families as the Potter Palmers, George Pullmans, and Marshall Fields. The Getty Tomb was built by businessman Henry Harrison Getty for his wife, Carrie Eliza Getty. The Getty family is interred in the tomb. It is a Chicago Landmark (1971) and on the US National Register of Historic Places (1974). (Source: Chicago Landmarks [website]; https://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/) Description false
Collection:
Archivision Base Collection localcollection Archivision Base Collection Collection false
Identifier:
1A1-SL-GT-C7 image_originalvendorid 1A1-SL-GT-C7 Identifier false
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. image_rights © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. Rights false

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