ID: 700000390 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000390	Record Type: Movable Work

A plan and elevation of the royal fire-works to be performed in S.t James's Park, April the 27.th 1749. on account of the general peace, signed at Aix-la-Chapelle, Oct.r 7. MDCCXLVIII (engravings (prints); Vertue, George (1684-1756); published: Drawn, engrav'd and p...; published 1749; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 182632)

Note: The architect, painter and stage designer Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni was active in Paris and received commissions at several royal courts in Europe. The print depicts a fireworks structure designed by Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni to be erected in Saint James's Park, London, 1749, in celebration of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle that ended the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48); A palace is shown in plan and elevation with a scale. A caption describes the building, pyrotechnic rockets, wheel-shaped fireworks displays, fountains and cascades. Publication: [London] : Drawn, engrav'd and publish'd 5.th of April 1749 according to Act of Parliament, [1749]

Titles:

A plan and elevation of the royal fire-works to be performed in S.t James's Park, April the 27.th 1749. on account of the general peace, signed at Aix-la-Chapelle, Oct.r 7. MDCCXLVIII (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Fireworks structure in Saint James's Park, London for the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

engraving (print) [300041340] (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)

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 1749

Creator Display:

Vertue, George (1684-1756); published: Drawn, engrav'd and publish'd 5.th of April 1749 according to Act of Parliament [preferred,GRISC]

printmaker Vertue, George (English printmaker and antiquary, 1684-1756) [500013594]

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

Locations:

Other: Publication: London [7011781] Greater London (metropolitan area), England (country), United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

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)

Repository Numbers: 182632

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

Display Materials: 1 print: engraving

	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>)

	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)

Dimensions: plate mark ca. 41.2 x 55.5 cm, on sheet ca. 47.8 x 59.5 cm

General Subject:

events (preferred)

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)

	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)

	elevation (orthographic projection) [300034065]
	.....(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>, orthographic projections (images)) (AAT)

	architectural ornament [300378995]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <surface elements and surface element components>, surface elements (architectural)) (AAT)

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

	plan (orthographic projection) [300034104]
	.....(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>, orthographic projections (images)) (AAT)

	Frederick, Charles (English official, active ca. 1749) [500353646]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

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

	London [7011781]
	.....(Greater London (metropolitan area), England (country), United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

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

	Montagu, John Montagu, Duke of (British noble, 1690-1749) [500353647]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Ruggieri, Gaetano (Italian pyrotechnician, 18th century) [500353648]
	.....(Persons, Artists) (ULAN)

	St. James's Park [7544535]
	.....(Greater London (metropolitan area), England (country), United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	decorations (ornamental works) [300379003]
	.....(Objects Facet, Object Genres (hierarchy name), object genres (object classifications), <object genres by function>, ornaments (object genre)) (AAT)

	Sarti, Giuseppe (Italian pyrotechnician, active 18th century) [500353649]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

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

Provenance: QUAR

Inscriptions: A plan and elevation of the royal fire-works to be performed in S.t James's Park, April the 27.th 1749. on account of the general peace, signed at Aix-la-Chapelle, Oct.r 7. MDCCXLVIII the machine invented and design'd by the Chev:r Servandoni ; G. Vertue sculp. Londini. Inscriptions on fireworks display: GEORGIUS. II REX // VIVAT REX.; Inscription in lower right of image: The Firework's principally perform'd by the Sign:ri Gaetano Ruggieri, and Giuseppe Sarti of Bolognia.; Inscription in the plate's lower margin: By Order of his Grace the DUKE of MONTAGU Master General, and the Right Hon.ble the L.t General and the rest of the principal OFFICERS of his Majesty's Ordnance; / and performed by the Direction of Charles Frederick Esq.r Comptroller of his Majesty's Laboratory at Woolwich.; George Vertue was active in London as an engraver, writer and antiquary.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
A plan and elevation of the royal fire-works to be performed in S.t James's Park, April the 27.th 1749. on account of the general peace, signed at Aix-la-Chapelle, Oct.r 7. MDCCXLVIII	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 182632
Fireworks structure in Saint James's Park, London for the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

....................... Lotz, A. Das Feuerwerk p. 50-51, 107

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