ID: 700000299 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000299	Record Type: Movable Work

Dessein de l'illumination et du feu d'artifice donné a Monseigneur le Dauphin a Meudon le 3e septembre 1735 (etching (print); Cochin, Charles Nicolas (printmaker, 1715-1790), after Debon...; published 1735?; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; (CMalG)1394-070; accession number: P950001** (FF. 28))

Note: The print depicts the fireworks display held September 3, 1735, at Meudon in celebration of the sixth birthday of the Dauphin, Louis; Against an ephemeral backdrop consisting of a colonnade and flaming structures, Hercules's twelfth labor is enacted before spectators; Forms part of Brock fireworks collection (Special Collections accn. no. P950001**); Trimmed close to plate mark.

Titles:

Dessein de l'illumination et du feu d'artifice donné a Monseigneur le Dauphin a Meudon le 3e septembre 1735 (preferred,C,U,RP,French,U,U)

Fireworks display at Meudon honoring Dauphin, Louis in 1735 (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)

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>)

engravings (prints) [300041340]

..... (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)

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: published 1735?

Creator Display:

Cochin, Charles Nicolas (printmaker, 1715-1790), after Debonneval, M. [preferred,GRISC]

printmaker Cochin, Charles Nicolas (French engraver, 1688-1754) [500008603]

designer Debonneval, M. (French royal official, active 1735) [500353675]

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: (CMalG)1394-070; accession number: P950001** (FF. 28)

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: engraving, etching, black and white

	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>)

	engraving (printing process) [300053225]
	.......(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) [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)

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

Dimensions: plate mark 41.3 x 49.7 cm

Cultures:

French (preferred)

General Subject:

events (preferred)

history and legend

Specific Subjects:

	ephemeral structure [300007997]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by design>) (AAT)

	Louis, Dauphin of France (French noble, 1729-1765) [500353671]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	customs (social concepts) [300055807]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <culture and related concepts>, culture-related concepts) (AAT)

	festivals (celebrations) [300073472]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, celebrations) (AAT)

	birthdays [300069093]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, celebrations, anniversaries) (AAT)

	Meudon [7009340]
	.....(Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	theater (discipline) [300054148]
	.....(Activities Facet, Disciplines (hierarchy name), disciplines (concept), humanities, <arts and related disciplines>, arts (broad discipline), performing arts (discipline), theater arts) (AAT)

	fireworks (visual works) [300249836]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>) (AAT)

Provenance: Jacques Vellekoop; London; Purchase; From the collection of Alan Brock and his son, Alan St. Hill Brock, English pyrotechnists

Inscriptions: Debonneval invenit ; C.N. Cochin filius delineavit et sculpsit. "Cette feste ordonnée par M. le duc de Gesvres pair de France, premier gentilhomme de la chambre du roy, à esté conduite par M. Debonneval intendant et controlleur de l'Argenterie menua plaisirs et affaires de la chambre de Sa Majesté."--lower margin. Title engraved below the image on both sides of the Bourbon coat of arms.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Dessein de l'illumination et du feu d'artifice donné a Monseigneur le Dauphin a Meudon le 3e septembre 1735	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 672066
Fireworks display at Meudon honoring Dauphin, Louis in 1735	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

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