ID: 700001641 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001641	Record Type: Movable Work

Almanach national (etching (print); Debucourt, Philibert-Louis (printmaker, 1755-1832); publishe...; Published 1791; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2717-143; 717143; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.33,f.1))

Note: The allegorical print was announced by the Journal de Paris of January 7, 1791, to be used as a calendar for that year; It depicts a monument adorned with a bas-relief depicting Minerva, symbol of the National Assembly, seated on a pedestal constructed from the rubble of the Bastille. A calendar printed on a separate sheet is pasted onto the base of the monument; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*); "73/74"--numbered in brown ink on verso. Publication: A Paris : Chez l'auteur, cour du Louvre ..., [1791] (34501/publishers). Publication: A Paris : Chez l'auteur, cour du Louvre ..., [1791] (34501/publishers).

Titles:

Almanach national (preferred,C,U,RP,French-P,U,U)

Allegorical calendar with Minerva, symbol of the National Assembly, seated on the rubble of the Bastille (C,U,DE,English-P,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)

color prints (prints) [300041504]

..... (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 (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 1791

Creator Display:

Debucourt, Philibert-Louis (printmaker, 1755-1832); published: Chez l'auteur, cour du Louvre ... [preferred,GRISC]

printmaker Debucourt, Philibert-Louis (French painter and printmaker, 1755-1832) [500015565]

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: 2717-143; 717143; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.33,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, aquatint, tool work, colored; Final state, with portrait of Louis XVI

	aquatint (printing process) [300053242]
	.......(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, etching (printing process))

	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)

	coloring (process) [300053043]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>)

	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>)

	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>)

Dimensions: plate mark 49 x 36.3 cm, on sheet 51.3 x 38 cm

General Subject:

allegory (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

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

	calendars (documents) [300026741]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by form>) (AAT)

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

	Palais Bourbon [700000693]
	.....(Palais Bourbon [700000693], Built Works by class: residential structures [700009562], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

	Minerva [901001041]
	.....((Roman characters, Roman iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	almanacs [300026705]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by function>, reference sources) (AAT)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.

Inscriptions: Almanach national dédié aux amis de la Constitution / dessiné et gravé par P.L. de Bucourt, de l'Acad. r.le de peinture &c. "EXPLICATION ... / ... Au bas du monument, un Français et un Anglais réunis par leur commun amour pour la patrie, invitent à une fraternelle confédération une foule d'habitans des diverses contrées, parmi lesquels on distingue un Turc et un Indien ..."--inscribed in the lower margin.;

State: Final state, with portrait of Louis XVI

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Almanach national	........ [VP,GRISC]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 717143
Allegorical calendar with Minerva, symbol of the National Assembly, seated on the rubble of the Bastille	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

....................... Inventaire du fonds français: graveurs du XVIIIe siècle / Marcel Roux vol. 6, p. 172-173, no. 21

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