ID: 700001605 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001605	Record Type: Movable Work

Hommage à l'Assemblée nationale (etching (print); Michel Picquenot (French engraver and publisher, 1747-after ...; Published: ca. 1791; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2716-347; 716347; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.6,f.5))

Note: "Nous végetions sans lois, en proye à l'Arbitraire / Gloire, Honneur immortels à nos Representans ! / Par leurs soins, la Raison, Arbitre de la terre / Va du Code françois poser les fondemens."--quatrain in the lower margin; Not listed in Béraldi or Nagler; A pyramid within a landscape is decorated with portrait medallions of deputies and topped by a sphere bearing a fleur-de-lys. Its pedestal is inscribed: "Constitution Française." It is flanked by a liberty tree and surrounded by a crowd of onlookers; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*); Pencilled in the lower margin: "30-9-1791" [?]. Publication: A Paris : Chez Picquenot graveur, rue des Carmes Collège de Prêle, [ca. 1791] (34501/publishers).

Titles:

Hommage à l'Assemblée nationale (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,,)

Allegory of the Assemblée nationale, with a pyramid (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Hommage à l'Assemblée nationale; [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. 1791

Creator Display:

Michel Picquenot (French engraver and publisher, 1747-after 1808) [preferred,GRISC]

etcher Picquenot, Michel (French engraver and publisher, 1747-after 1808) [500354411]

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: 2716-347; 716347; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.6,f.5)

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, b&w

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

	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)

Dimensions: platemark 13.8 x 18.3 cm, on sheet 22 x 29 cm

General Subject:

didactic and propaganda (preferred)

allegory

Specific Subjects:

	Constituent Assembly (French legistlative body, 1789-1791) [500354490]
	.....(Corporate Bodies) (ULAN)

	constitution [300027437]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by function>, records (documents), <records by form or function>, administrative records) (AAT)

	quatrain [300379094]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for literature>, <poetry and poems>, poems, <poems by form>) (AAT)

	French Constitution of 1791 [901000300]
	.....((Literary works: Legal, Political, Governmental documents, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

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

	liberty tree [300410282]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Plantae (kingdom), <plants by location or context>) (AAT)

	deputies [300250472]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in administration and government>) (AAT)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.

Inscriptions: Hommage à l'Assemblée nationale; "Nous végetions sans lois, en proye à l'Arbitraire / Gloire, Honneur immortels à nos Representans ! / Par leurs soins, la Raison, Arbitre de la terre / Va du Code françois poser les fondemens."--quatrain in the lower margin.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Hommage à l'Assemblée nationale	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 716347
Allegory of the Assemblée nationale, with a pyramid	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Hommage à l'Assemblée nationale; [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) 4327

....................... Le Blanc, C. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes vol. 3, p. 202, no. 1

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