ID: 700001226 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001226	Record Type: Movable Work

Thomas Gay, serg.t maj. dans la 1.ère demi brigade (etching (print); Labrousse, L (printmaker); Published: ca. 1796; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2711-164; 711164; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.7,f.7))

Note: Impressions of the etching were issued in: Les fastes du peuple français, ou, Tableaux raisonnés de toutes les actions héroïques et civiques du soldat et du citoyen français. A Paris : Chez Deroy, 1796; "Ventre-a-terre mes amis, ... marchant seul a eux / aisement je me ferai connoittre. / 26 Octobre 1792. V.S."--inscribed in the lower margin; The print depicts Thomas Gay on the war front outside of Valenciennes, October 26, 1792, as he stands up in self-sacrifice, to protect the men in his detached unit from being fired on by their own troops; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*); Library has another state of the etching bound in: Les fastes du peuple français ..., A Paris : Chez Deroy, 1796.

Titles:

Thomas Gay, serg.t maj. dans la 1.ère demi brigade (preferred,C,U,RP,French-P,U,U)

Thomas Gay outside Valenciennes as he stands up in self-sacrifice to protect his men in 1792 (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Thomas Gay, sergent major dans la première demi brigade (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: ca. 1796

Creator Display:

Labrousse, L (printmaker) [preferred,GRISC]

Labrousse, L. F. (French engraver, active 1796) [500101419]

publishers Chez Deroy (French publishing house, active 1796) [500354325]

Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, Jacques (French printmaker, diplomat, 1757-1810) [500122207]

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: 2711-164; 711164; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.7,f.7)

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, b&w

	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)

	tool work (printmaking marks) [300379420]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by function>, <identifying markings and symbols>, marks (identifying markings), <marks by process or technique>)

	black-and-white (colors) [300265434]
	.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Color (hierarchy name), colors (hues or tints), neutrals (colors))

Dimensions: plate mark 19.5 x 13.8 cm, on sheet 27 x 19.2 cm

General Subject:

portraits (preferred)

events

Specific Subjects:

	revolutionaries [300237490]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by ideology| philosophy| or political activity>) (AAT)

	infantry [300212666]
	.....(Agents Facet, Organizations (hierarchy name), organizations (groups), armed forces) (AAT)

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

	Gay, Thomas (French soldier, active late 18th century) [500354338]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	sieges [300379129]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), armed conflicts) (AAT)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.

Inscriptions: Thomas Gay, serg.t maj. dans la 1.ère demi brigade Labrousse del. et sculp. ; St. Sauveur direx.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Thomas Gay, serg.t maj. dans la 1.ère demi brigade	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 711164
Thomas Gay outside Valenciennes as he stands up in self-sacrifice to protect his men in 1792	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Thomas Gay, sergent major dans la première demi brigade	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

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