ID: 700001201 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001201	Record Type: Movable Work

Héritiers de la constitution (etching (print); unknown printmaker; published: se vend chez Campion; published 1792; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2698-098; 698098; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.19,f.5))

Note: Announced in the Journal de la cour et de la ville, February 12, 1792; Announced in the Journal du Peuple, April 7, 1792 ("se vend chez Campion"); Key numbered a to k in the lower margin; The royalist satirical print represents members of the National Assembly gathered in a room adorned with paintings; On the right, the Duc d'Orléans attempts to murder a personification of France, while Jacques Necker grabs a bag full of currency, symbol of the national treasury of the Ancient Régime. Oval portraits of Bailly and Péthion adorn the wall of the room; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*). Publication: [1792].

Titles:

Héritiers de la constitution (preferred,C,U,RP,French-P,U,U)

Malheurs de la France furent leurs ouvrages (C,U,French,U,U)

HIstory of the Constitution: Satirical depiction of members of the National Assembly, with the Duc d'Orléans attacking France and Jacques Necker grabbing currency of the Ancient Régime (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)

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 1792

Creator Display:

unknown printmaker; published: se vend chez Campion [preferred,VP]

publishers Campion (French publisher, active 1792) [500354255]

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: 2698-098; 698098; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.19,f.5)

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, tool work, colored

	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)

	tooling [300053876]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <surface marking processes and techniques>)

	coloring (process) [300053043]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>)

	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: sheet 21.8 x 28.5 cm

General Subject:

satire (preferred)

history and legend

Specific Subjects:

	Assemblée nationale (French govenmental body, active 1789) [500354386]
	.....(Corporate Bodies) (ULAN)

	royalism [300265776]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, political concepts, <political ideologies and attitudes>) (AAT)

	constitution [300027437]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by function>, records (documents), <records by form or function>, administrative records) (AAT)

	Barnave, Antoine (French politician, 1761-1793) [500354256]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Camus, Armand-Gaston (French revolutionary, 1740-1804) [500354245]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

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

	Lameth, Alexandre de (French politician, 1760-1829) [500354257]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Le Chapelier, Isaac-René-Guy (French politician, 1754-1794) [500354258]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Lecouteulx de Canteleu, Jean-Barthélemy (French politician, 1746-1818) [500354259]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Necker, Jacques (French government official, 1732-1804) [500354260]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Louis-Philippe-Joseph, Duc d'Orléans (French noble, 1747-1793) [500354243]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Pétion, Jérôme (French politician, 1756-1794) [500354250]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Target, Guy-Jean-Baptiste (French politician, 1733-1806) [500354261]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Bailly, Jean Sylvain (French astronomer and political leader, 1736-1793) [500353703]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.

Inscriptions: Héritiers de la constitution les malheurs de la France furent leurs ouvrages.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Héritiers de la constitution	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 698098
Malheurs de la France furent leurs ouvrages	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
HIstory of the Constitution: Satirical depiction of members of the National Assembly, with the Duc d'Orléans attacking France and Jacques Necker grabbing currency of the Ancient Régime	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) note

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

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

....................... Bruel, L'estampe, 1770-1871 : Collection de Vinck (1909-1979) 5794

....................... La caricature contre-révolutionnaire / Claude Langlois no. 84

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