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ID: 700001566
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001566
Record Type: Movable Work
Mr. Bailly (etching (print); published Chez Basset ...; Published: ca. 1789; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2711-149; 711149; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.25,f.1))
Note: "Qui sert bien sa Patrie / N'a pas besoin d'ayeux"--inscribed in the lower center of plate; "A.P.D.R."--inscribed in the lower center of plate; Watermark: section of Maltese cross [?] within circular bead necklace; The profile portrait bust of Jean-Sylvain Bailly is set within an oval medallion that rests on a pedestal inscribed: M.r BAILLY; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*).
Titles:
Mr. Bailly (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,,)
Portrait bust of Jean-Sylvain Bailly (C,U,DE,English,U,U)
Monsieur Bailly (C,U,undetermined,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)
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>)

Classifications:
prints (preferred)

Creation Date: Published: ca. 1789

Creator Display:
published Chez Basset ... [preferred,GRISC]
publishers Basset, Paul-André (French engraver, active 1785-1830) [500353711]
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: 2711-149; 711149; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.25,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: 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: sheet 26.7 x 17.1 cm
General Subject:
portraits (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
Bailly, Jean Sylvain (French astronomer and political leader, 1736-1793) [500353703]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
single-sitter portrait [300404138]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, portraits) (AAT)
bust (general, figure) [300047457]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, figures (representations), <figures by portion represented>) (AAT)
politicians [300025474]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in administration and government>) (AAT)
French Revolution [901000102]
.....((French history, European history, Named Events)) (ICON)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.
Inscriptions: Mr. Bailly; "Qui sert bien sa Patrie / N'a pas besoin d'ayeux"--inscribed in the lower center of plate.; "A.P.D.R."--inscribed in the lower center of plate.
Marks: Watermark: section of Maltese cross [?] within circular bead necklace.
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
Mr. Bailly........ [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 711149
Portrait bust of Jean-Sylvain Bailly........ [VP]
........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
Monsieur Bailly........ [GRISC]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]
....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
....................... Bruel, L'estampe, 1770-1871 : Collection de Vinck (1909-1979) 1829
Note:
English ..... [GRISC]
..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
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