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ID: 700001504
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001504
Record Type: Movable Work
Les aumônes du Tiers-État (etching (print); unknown (etcher); Published: ca. 1789; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2691-125; 691125; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.15,f.8))
Note: Inscription in the lower margin: (a) Le Clerger et (b) la Noblesse l'un par lautre soutenus demandent l'aumône au Tiers-état (c) mais d'une maniere bien / differente, l'un par la voïe de la Tyrannie, et lautre avec le langage du Charlatanisme; A clergyman and a nobleman require commoners, members of the Third Estate, to donate money: the former exhorts them with God's wrath ("CRAIGNEZ DIEU"), while the latter uses armed force ("PAYE, SI NON"); Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*). Publication: [ca. 1789].
Titles:
Les aumônes du Tiers-État (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,,)
Satirical print of the clergy and nobles requiring donations of commoners (C,U,DE,English,U,U)
Les aumônes du Tiers-État; [graphic]. (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)
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: ca. 1789

Creator Display:
unknown (etcher) [preferred,VP]
etcher 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: 2691-125; 691125; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.15,f.8)
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: image 9.2 x 15.2 cm, sheet 11.2 x 15.5 cm, on mount 13 x 17 cm
General Subject:
satire (preferred)
human figures

Specific Subjects:
caricatures [300015634]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by form>, <visual works by form of image>) (AAT)
clergyman [300025747]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in religion and related occupations>, people in religion) (AAT)
nobleman [300236547]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by state or condition>, aristocrats, nobles (aristocrats), <nobles by gender>) (AAT)
social status [300065206]
.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, sociological concepts) (AAT)
commoners [300379349]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), groups of people, social groups, social classes, <social classes by specific type>) (AAT)
immunities [300379195]
.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, legal concepts) (AAT)
history (literary genre) [300026358]
.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for literature>) (AAT)
French Revolution [901000102]
.....((French history, European history, Named Events)) (ICON)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.
Inscriptions: Les aumônes du Tiers-État; Inscription in the lower margin: (a) Le Clerger et (b) la Noblesse l'un par lautre soutenus demandent l'aumône au Tiers-état (c) mais d'une maniere bien / differente, l'un par la voïe de la Tyrannie, et lautre avec le langage du Charlatanisme
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
Les aumônes du Tiers-État........ [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 691125
Satirical print of the clergy and nobles requiring donations of commoners........ [VP]
........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
Les aumônes du Tiers-État; [graphic]......... [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]
....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
....................... La caricature révolutionnaire / André Blum no. 69
Note:
English ..... [GRISC]
..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
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