5/4/2019
copyright J.Paul Getty Trust
Introduction to the AAT
revised May 2019 For educational purposes
ALTERNATE DESCRIPTORS
Alternate Descriptor should be a variant form of the Descriptor
If the term is not derived from the Descriptor, it is a UF
NB: In AAT, all terms are equally valid for indexing and retrieval•
singular for plural object descriptors•
D = eye portraits
AD = eye portrait
past participle for processes, techniques, functions, and activities•
D = scumbling
AD = scumbled
© J. Paul Getty Trust
unknown English; Portrait of a Left Eye; ca. 1800; eye portrait; watercolor on ivory; 3/8 x 5/8 inches (0.9 x 1.6 cm); Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Johnson Collection 1936-6-1.