ID: 700001461 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001461	Record Type: Movable Work

The taking of the Bastile on the 14 of July 1789 (etching (print); John Wells (British draftsman and engraver, active ca. 1792-...; Published: November 20, 1789; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2682-257; 682257; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.3,f.1))

Note: Crowds, comprised of French Guards from the royal army and of people of Paris, rush into the government courtyard in front of the open gates of the Bastille. The Governor of the Bastille, Bernard Jordan, Marquis de Launay, is being arrested in the foreground; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*).

Titles:

The taking of the Bastile on the 14 of July 1789 (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

Prise de la Bastile, le 14 juillet 1789 (C,U,undetermined,,)

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)

aquatint (print) [300041366]

..... (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, etchings (prints))

color print (print) [300041504]

..... (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>)

print (visual work) [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: November 20, 1789

Creator Display:

John Wells (British draftsman and engraver, active ca. 1792-1809); Published by Vandergucht, Benjamin (English painter and art dealer, 1753-1794), and J. White (British publisher, 18th century) [preferred,GRISC]

printmaker Wells, John (British draftsman and engraver, active ca. 1792-1809) [500018537]

publisher Van der Gucht, Benjamin (English painter and art dealer, 1753-1794) [500022825]

publisher White, J. (British publisher, 18th century) [500354430]

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: 2682-257; 682257; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.3,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: London [7011781] Greater London (metropolitan area), England (country), United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: Vandergucht: Lower Brook Street; J. White: Tavistock Street

Display Materials: 1 print: aquatint, etching, colored, hand colored

	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>)

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

	aquatint (printing process) [300053242]
	.......(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, etching (printing process))

	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>)

Dimensions: image 33 x 47.7 cm, plate mark 38 x 50.3 cm, on sheet 45.2 x 59.3 cm

General Subject:

history and legend (preferred)

human figures

events

Specific Subjects:

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

	Storming of the Bastille [901000248]
	.....((French Revolution, French history, European history, Named Events)) (ICON)

	Launey, Bernard René Jourdan (French governor, 1740-1789) [500354418]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.

Inscriptions: The taking of the Bastile on the 14 of July 1789 Prise de la Bastile, le 14 juillet 1789 / drawn on the spot by an eminent artist ; J. Wells aqua tinta ; designé sur le lieu par un amateur distingué.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
The taking of the Bastile on the 14 of July 1789	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 682257
Prise de la Bastile, le 14 juillet 1789	........ [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) 1598

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