ID: 700001510 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001510	Record Type: Movable Work

Le despotisme terrassé (etching (print); unknown (etcher); Published: ca. 1789; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2691-608; 691608; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.16,f.4))

Note: "... Le 12 Juillet 1789 vers les quatre Heures ... / ... il faloit pour les empecher de renaitre que toutes fussent abbatues"--five lines of text in the lower margin; A citizens' militia gathered in front of the Bastille attacks a hydra, decapitating several of its heads. Crowned and robed, a figure of France is mourning; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*). Publication: [ca. 1789]

Titles:

Le despotisme terrassé (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,,)

Allegory of despotism overthrown: Citizens' militia decapitates a hydra (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Le despotisme terrassé; [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: 2691-608; 691608; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.16,f.4)

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, brown ink

	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>)

	colored ink [300126356]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, ink, <ink by property>)

Dimensions: plate mark 24 x 30.8 cm, on sheet 28.5 x 37.5 cm

General Subject:

allegory (preferred)

satire

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)

	militia [300250737]
	.....(Agents Facet, Organizations (hierarchy name), organizations (groups), armed forces) (AAT)

	Bastille [700001912]
	.....(Bastille [700001912], Built Works by class: fortifications, transportation, bridges, barriers, military, and engineering works [700009566], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

	despotism [300055515]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, political concepts, <political ideologies and attitudes>) (AAT)

	Hydra [901001023]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

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

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.

Inscriptions: Le despotisme terrassé "... Le 12 Juillet 1789 vers les quatre Heures ... / ... il faloit pour les empecher de renaitre que toutes fussent abbatues"--five lines of text in the lower margin;

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Le despotisme terrassé	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 691608
Allegory of despotism overthrown: Citizens' militia decapitates a hydra	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Le despotisme terrassé; [graphic].	........ [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) 1696

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