ID: 700000941 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000941	Record Type: Movable Work

Tableau des papiers et monnoyes (etching (print); unknown (unknown nationality, artist); Published: 1797; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 699037; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.31,f.2))

Note: "Dessiné et Ecrit à la Plume d'après les Originaux par A. A Lejeune et Réduit par Tassart"--inscribed in other state (cf. de Vinck); The trompe-l'œil print suggests the avalanche of paper currency and bonds issued during the French Revolution; A beggar, victim of the speculation surrounding assignats and other currencies, stands amidst paper money. The text of the law of 6 messidor Year V (June 24, 1797), proposed by the Conseil des Anciens and related to the depreciation of the assignats, is printed in the upper left followed by a scale of the currency's values; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*). Publication: [1797].

Titles:

Tableau des papiers et monnoyes (preferred,C,U,RP,French-P,U,U)

Satirical scene of paper currency and bonds issued during the French Revolution and a beggar who is victim of speculation (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Tableau des papiers et monnoyes; [graphic] :; avec l'echelle de proportion de leur valeur pendant leurs cours adopté par le conseil des Anciens le 5 messidor an V. (C,U,French,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)

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: 1797

Creator Display:

unknown (unknown nationality, artist) [preferred,VP]

unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

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)

Repository Numbers: 699037; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.31,f.2)

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: etching, hand coloring

	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)

	hand coloring [300133555]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, coloring (process))

Dimensions: plate mark 54 x 66 cm, on sheet 54.2 x 70.2 cm

General Subject:

satire (preferred)

allegory

history and legend

Specific Subjects:

	assignats (paper money) [300191546]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Exchange Media (hierarchy name), exchange media (objects), money (objects), <money by material>, paper money, <paper money by origin>, European paper money) (AAT)

	bankruptcy [300379082]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, economic concepts) (AAT)

	beggars [300188618]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by activity>) (AAT)

	French Revolution [901000102]
	.....((French history, European history, Named Events)) (ICON)

	inflation (economic concept) [300379084]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, economic concepts) (AAT)

	money (objects) [300037316]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Exchange Media (hierarchy name), exchange media (objects)) (AAT)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.

Inscriptions: Tableau des papiers et monnoyes avec l'echelle de proportion de leur valeur pendant leurs cours adopté par le conseil des Anciens le 5 messidor an V.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Tableau des papiers et monnoyes	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 699037
Satirical scene of paper currency and bonds issued during the French Revolution and a beggar who is victim of speculation	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Tableau des papiers et monnoyes; [graphic] :; avec l'echelle de proportion de leur valeur pendant leurs cours adopté par le conseil des Anciens le 5 messidor an V.	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

....................... Bruel, L'estampe, 1770-1871 : Collection de Vinck (1909-1979) 3337

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