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ID: 700001606
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001606
Record Type: Movable Work
[Untitled] (etching (print); Unknown; Published: ca. 1789; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2716-365; 716365; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.31,f.4))
Note: The proof, possibly a design for a menu or theater program, consists of an ornamental border of revolutionary symbols: a liberty cap flanked by broken chains, serpents, and a hydra. A rooster stands at the top; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*); Accompanied by a folded leaf reproducing and describing this print, issued as a menu for a dinner hosted by Jacques Chirac, Paris, July 8, 1989; "Menu d'époque Révolutionnaire / (gravure à l'eau forte coloriée collection particulière parisienne H.A.) / ..."--page [3] of menu. Publication: [ca. 1789?] (34501/publishers).
Titles:
[Untitled] (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)
Menu d'époque révolutionnaire. (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)
proof (prints by function) [300264637]
..... (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 function>)
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 [preferred,VP]
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: 2716-365; 716365; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.31,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, hand coloring
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>)
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)
hand coloring [300133555]
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, coloring (process))

Dimensions: platemark: 34.8 x 24.5 cm, on sheet: 43.3 x 27 cm + 1 folded sheet: ([3] p.; 25.8 cm)
General Subject:
allegory (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
French Revolution [901000102]
.....((French history, European history, Named Events)) (ICON)
chains (object genres) [300014625]
.....(Objects Facet, Object Genres (hierarchy name), object genres (object classifications), <object genres by form>) (AAT)
liberty caps [300379146]
.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Costume (hierarchy name), costume (mode of fashion), costume accessories, worn costume accessories, <accessories by location on the head>, headgear, caps (headgear), <caps by form>) (AAT)
Hydra [901001023]
.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)
serpents (suborder) [300250870]
.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Reptilia (class), Squamata (order)) (AAT)
symbols [300055878]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by function>) (AAT)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.
Inscriptions: "Menu d'époque Révolutionnaire / (gravure à l'eau forte coloriée collection particulière parisienne H.A.) / ..."--page [3] of menu.
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
[Untitled]........ [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 716365
Menu d'époque révolutionnaire......... [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]
....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Note:
English ..... [GRISC]
..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
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