ID: 700000270 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000270	Record Type: Movable Work

Perspective view of the building for the fireworks in the Green Park, taken from the reservoir (etchings (prints); Angier, Paul (French engraver, active in London, 18th centur...; published ca. 1749; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...)

Note: Etcher and engraver active in London from 1749 to 1760; The print depicts Green Park, London, with a view of the fireworks display designed by Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni and erected in 1749 in celebration of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. "Printed according to Act of Parliament, & Sold by P. Brookes facing Southampton Street in the Strand, & R. Sayer opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street."

Titles:

Perspective view of the building for the fireworks in the Green Park, taken from the reservoir (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Fireworks display in 1749 celebrating the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

etching (print) [300041365] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, intaglio prints)

engraving (print) [300041340]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, intaglio prints)

prints (visual works) [300041273]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: published ca. 1749

Creator Display:

Angier, Paul (French engraver, active in London, 18th century); published by P. Brookes [preferred,GRISC]

printmaker Angier, Paul (French engraver, active in London, 18th century) [500056378]

publisher Brookes, P. (British book dealer, active 18th century) [500353654]

publisher Sayer, Robert (British printer, publisher, 1725-1794) [500015707]

artist Servandoni, Giovanni Niccolò (Italian architect, painter, and scenographer in France, 1695-1766) Extent: work depicted [500026775]

Locations:

Current: Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500353615] Getty Research Institute, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Credit Line: copyright J. Paul Getty Trust, Getty Research Institute, Special Collections

Address Note: 1200 Getty Center Dr., Suite 1100, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688

Other: Publication: City of London [7011798] London (inhabited place), Greater London (metropolitan area), England (country), United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: 1 print: etching, engraving

	engraving (printing process) [300053225]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, intaglio printing processes)

	etching (printing process) [300053241]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, intaglio printing processes)

	prints (visual works) [300041273]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Dimensions: plate mark 27.2 x 44.5 cm, on sheet ca. 37.7 x 55 cm

General Subject:

events (preferred)

history and legend

architecture

Specific Subjects:

	ephemeral structure [300007997]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by design>) (AAT)

	perspective view (image) [300034294]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by form>, <visual works by form of image>, <images by method of representation>, <images by method of projection>) (AAT)

	fireworks (visual works) [300249836]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>) (AAT)

	festivals (celebrations) [300073472]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, celebrations) (AAT)

	society (culture-related concept) [300378991]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <culture and related concepts>, culture-related concepts) (AAT)

	George II, King of Great Britain (British king, 1683-1760) [500353655]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Green Park [7544533]
	.....(Greater London (metropolitan area), England (country), United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	customs (social concepts) [300055807]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <culture and related concepts>, culture-related concepts) (AAT)

	Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle [901000108]
	.....((Literary works: Legal, Political, Governmental documents, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

Provenance: EPG

Inscriptions: A perspective view of the building for the fireworks in the Green Park, taken from the reservoir P. Brookes del. ; P. Angier sculp. Inscriptions on the fireworks display: GEORGIVS II REX // VIVAT / REX

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Perspective view of the building for the fireworks in the Green Park, taken from the reservoir	........ [VP,GRISC]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Fireworks display in 1749 celebrating the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) note

Subject: ....... [VP,GRISC]

....................... Brock, A. St. H. A history of fireworks p. 48-52

....................... Lotz, A. Das Feuerwerk p. 50-51

Note:
English	..... [GRISC,VP]
	..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)