ID: 700001533 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001533	Record Type: Movable Work

[L'homme aux assignats] (etching (print); Michel Webert (French publisher, died 1794); Published: 1791; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2697-521; 697521; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.18,f.4))

Note: Announced by the Journal de la cour et de la ville on November 17, 1791; Inscription in the lower margin: N.1 C...us. 2. Cha....er 3. Charles La..th...; Title from: Langlois; The royalist satirical print represents the French revolutionary Armand Gaston Camus, who served as archivist for the National Assembly; Dressed with paper money or assignats, Camus walks into a room, surrounded by other members of the National Assembly. The deputies pluck the currency, undressing Camus, while an old military man is being refused a pension; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*). Publication: [Paris : Webert, 1791].

Titles:

[L'homme aux assignats] (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,,)

Assignats (money) man: Royalist satirical print with French revolutionary Camus (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

[L'homme aux assignats]; [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: 1791

Creator Display:

Michel Webert (French publisher, died 1794) [preferred,GRISC]

publisher Webert, Michel (French publisher, died 1794) [500354238]

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: 2697-521; 697521; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.18,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

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

Display Materials: 1 print: etching, tool work, 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)

	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>)

	black-and-white (colors) [300265434]
	.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Color (hierarchy name), colors (hues or tints), neutrals (colors))

Dimensions: image 17.2 x 25.4 cm, plate mark 19.6 x 25.4 cm, on sheet 22.5 x 29.2 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)

	assignats (paper money) [300191546]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Exchange Media (hierarchy name), exchange media (objects), money (objects), <money by material>, paper money, <paper money by origin>, European paper money) (AAT)

	money (objects) [300037316]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Exchange Media (hierarchy name), exchange media (objects)) (AAT)

	Assemblée nationale constituante (French legistlative body, 1789-1791) [500354490]
	.....(Corporate Bodies) (ULAN)

	Barnave, Antoine (French politician, 1761-1793) [500354256]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Brissot de Warville, Jacques Pierre (French revolutionary, 1754-1793) [500354244]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Chabot, Franĉois (French politician, 1759-1794) [500354508]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Fauchet, Claude (French revolutionary, 1744-1793) [500354241]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Camus, Armand-Gaston (French revolutionary, 1740-1804) [500354245]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Lameth, Charles Malo Franĉois (French politician, 1757-1832) [500354509]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Le Chapelier, Isaac-René-Guy (French politician, 1754-1794) [500354258]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Mulot, François-Valentin (French clergyman, 1749-1804) [500354510]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Pastoret, Claude Emmanuel Joseph Pierre, marquis de (French author and politician, 1755-1840) [500354511]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

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

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.

Inscriptions: Inscription in the lower margin: N.1 C...us. 2. Cha....er 3. Charles La..th....; Title from: Langlois.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
[L'homme aux assignats]	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 697521
Assignats (money) man: Royalist satirical print with French revolutionary Camus	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
[L'homme aux assignats]; [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) 3130

....................... La caricature contre-révolutionnaire / Claude Langlois p. 52-53, no. 8

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