ID: 700001523 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001523	Record Type: Movable Work

Soyez libres vivez (etching (print); unknown (unknown nationality, artist); Published: 1783; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2692-352; 692352; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.15,f.1))

Note: Frontispiece to: Linguet, Simon Nicolas Henri, Mémoires sur la Bastille, et sur la détention de l'auteur dans ce château royal, depuis le 27 septembre, 1780, jusqu'au 19 mai, 1782 (Londres : T. Spilsbury, 1783); Another version or state of this etching bears the following signatures: Spilbury delin. ; Woodmon & Mutlow sculp. (Hennin 10412); "Ces souffrances inconnues / et ces peines obscures, du / moment quelles ne contri / buent point au maintien / de l'ordre par la publicité / et par l'exemple, deviennent / inutiles à notre justice. / Déclar. du 30 août / 1783"--inscribed on the ruined wall of a tower of the Bastille, below a clock flanked by two figures in chains; The print shows a statue of King Louis XVI of France, receiving adulation from burghers, in the midst of the ruins of the Bastille; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*). Publication: [1783].

Titles:

Soyez libres vivez (preferred,C,U,RP,French-P,U,U)

Live free: Depiction of a statue of Louis XVI receiving adulation from burghers at the ruins of the Bastille (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Soyez libres vivez; [graphic]. (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)

frontispiece (illustration) [300083021]

..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, information form components, layout features, <images and ornament for layout features>, illustrations (layout features), <illustrations by form>)

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: 1783

Creator Display:

unknown (unknown nationality, artist) [preferred,VP]

printmaker 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: 2692-352; 692352; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.15,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

Display Materials: 1 print: etching, engraving, 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)

	engraving (printing process) [300053225]
	.......(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: plate mark 18.7 x 11.8 cm, on sheet 19.4 x 12.2 cm

General Subject:

satire (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

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

	monuments [300006958]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>) (AAT)

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

	prisons (buildings) [300006460]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, institutional buildings, correctional institutions (buildings)) (AAT)

	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)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.

Inscriptions: Soyez libres vivez; "Ces souffrances inconnues / et ces peines obscures, du / moment quelles ne contri / buent point au maintien / de l'ordre par la publicité / et par l'exemple, deviennent / inutiles à notre justice. / Déclar. du 30 août / 1783"--inscribed on the ruined wall of a tower of the Bastille

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Soyez libres vivez	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 692352
Live free: Depiction of a statue of Louis XVI receiving adulation from burghers at the ruins of the Bastille	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Soyez libres vivez; [graphic].	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

....................... Hennin 10409

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