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ID: 700001238
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001238
Record Type: Movable Work
Unité indivisibilité de la République (etching (print); Unknown; Published: ca. 1793?; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2714-959; 714959; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.30,f.5))
Note: The print is possibly related to the Festival of the Unity and Indivisibility of the Republic (Fête de l'Unité Indivisibilité de la République), celebrated on August 10, 1793; "LE REGNE DE LA LIBERTÉ / EST CELUI DES ARTS"--inscribed in the center of the image; "MUSIQUE / NATIONALE"--inscribed on tablet in the lower center of image; The allegorical composition shows a seated figure of Liberty extending her hand towards three putti who play music before a personification of Music; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*). Publication: [ca. 1793?].
Titles:
Unité indivisibilité de la République (preferred,C,U,RP,French-P,U,U)
Allegorical composition of a figure of Liberty and a personification of Music (C,U,DE,English,U,U)
Liberté égalité fraternité ou la mort (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. 1793?

Creator Display:
Unknown [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: 2714-959; 714959; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.30,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, 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)
black-and-white (colors) [300265434]
.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Color (hierarchy name), colors (hues or tints), neutrals (colors))

Dimensions: sheet 24.5 x 18 cm
General Subject:
allegory (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
French Revolution [901000102]
.....((French history, European history, Named Events)) (ICON)
liberty (political concept) [300055497]
.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, political concepts) (AAT)
music (performing arts genre) [300054146]
.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for performing arts>) (AAT)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.
Inscriptions: Unité indivisibilité de la République liberté égalité fraternité ou la mort.; "LE REGNE DE LA LIBERTÉ / EST CELUI DES ARTS"--inscribed in the center of the image.; "MUSIQUE / NATIONALE"--inscribed on tablet in the lower center of image.
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
Unité indivisibilité de la République........ [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 714959
Allegorical composition of a figure of Liberty and a personification of Music........ [VP]
........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Liberté égalité fraternité ou la mort........ [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]
....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Note:
English ..... [GRISC]
..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
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