ID: 700001241 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001241	Record Type: Movable Work

Indépendance des États-Unis (etching (print); Roger, L (printmaker); published: Chez Blin, imprimeur en ta...; published 1786; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2715-262; 715262; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.30,f.1))

Note: Plate 2 of: Portraits des grands hommes, femmes illustres et sujets mémorables de France, gravés et imprimés en couleurs ... A Paris : Chez Blin, maître imprimeur en taille-douce ..., M.DCC.LXXXVI-M.DCC.XCII [1786-1792]; Issued in the first fascicle with: Louis Seize / Duplessis Berteaux del. ; L. Roger sculp., [1786]; In the upper left: "A". In the upper right: "N.2."; In the center of a round medallion, a truncated column displays the portrait busts of Louis XVI, Franklin, and Washington crowned by a sphere bearing a fleur-de-lys that is topped by a rooster. On the right, a Native American tramples a leopard signifying England; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*); Library has another impression of this print in: Portraits des grands hommes, femmes illustres et sujets mémorables de France ... A Paris : Chez Blin, imprimeur en taille douce ..., M.DCC.LXXXVI-M.DCC.XCII [1786-1792]. Publication: A Paris : Chez Blin, imprimeur en taille-douce ..., [1786].

Titles:

Indépendance des États-Unis (preferred,C,U,RP,French-P,U,U)

Independence of the United States: Imagined monument celebrating the alliance of the Americans and French, with portraits of Franklin, Washington, and Louis XVI (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 1786

Creator Display:

Roger, L (printmaker); published: Chez Blin, imprimeur en taille-douce ... [preferred,GRISC]

printmaker Roger, L. (French printmaker, 18th century) [500354362]

publishers Chez Blin (French publishing house, active late 18th century) [500354363]

delineator Duplessis-Bertaux, Jean (French etcher, painter, and draftsman, 1750-1818) [500002717]

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: 2715-262; 715262; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.30,f.1)

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

Other: Publication: Paris [7008038] Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

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)

	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: plate mark 24.5 x 16.7 cm, on sheet 31.4 x 22.2 cm

General Subject:

allegory (preferred)

didactic and propaganda

architecture

Specific Subjects:

	alliance [300232423]
	.....(Agents Facet, Organizations (hierarchy name), organizations (groups), associations) (AAT)

	American Independence [901000283]
	.....((Miscellaneous Themes and Narratives, Miscellaneous Topics)) (ICON)

	Franklin, Benjamin (American politician, inventor, and diplomat, 1706-1790) [500331804]
	.....(Persons, Artists) (ULAN)

	Louis XVI, King of France (French king, 1754-1793) [500122357]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	American Revolution [901000252]
	.....((United States history, North and South American history, Named Events)) (ICON)

	Washington, George (American general and president, 1732-1799) [500126198]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.

Inscriptions: Indépendance des États-Unis Duplessis Berteaux del. ; L. Roger sculp. 1786. Plate 2 of: Portraits des grands hommes, femmes illustres et sujets mémorables de France, gravés et imprimés en couleurs ... A Paris : Chez Blin, maître imprimeur en taille-douce ..., M.DCC.LXXXVI-M.DCC.XCII [1786-1792].; Issued in the first fascicle with: Louis Seize / Duplessis Berteaux del. ; L. Roger sculp., [1786].; In the upper left: "A". In the upper right: "N.2."

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Indépendance des États-Unis	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 715262
Independence of the United States: Imagined monument celebrating the alliance of the Americans and French, with portraits of Franklin, Washington, and Louis XVI	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules

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

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

....................... Bruel, L'estampe, 1770-1871 : Collection de Vinck (1909-1979) 1204

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