ID: 700001202 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001202	Record Type: Movable Work

Digestion de la constitution (etching (print); unknown French printmaker; published 1792; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2698-110; 698110; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.19,f.6))

Note: Announced in the Journal de la cour et de la ville on March 29, 1792; Announced in the Journal du Peuple, April 7, 1792; The royalist satiric print represents the constitution as a dragon, being fed currency by revolutionary patriots, while a member of the Paris municipality extracts a decree from the beast. Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*). Publication: [1792].

Titles:

Digestion de la constitution (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Satirical depiction of the French constitution as a dragon being fed currency by revolutionary patriots (C,U,DE,English,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 1792

Creator Display:

unknown French printmaker [preferred,VP]

unknown French (French cultural designation) [500125235]

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: 2698-110; 698110; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.19,f.6)

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, b&w

	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)

Dimensions: plate mark 11.2 x 15.2 cm, on sheet 13.5 x 18.2 cm

General Subject:

satire (preferred)

history and legend

Specific Subjects:

	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)

	satire (artistic device) [300055934]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, artistic concepts, artistic devices) (AAT)

	royalism [300265776]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, political concepts, <political ideologies and attitudes>) (AAT)

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

	economics [300054359]
	.....(Activities Facet, Disciplines (hierarchy name), disciplines (concept), social sciences) (AAT)

	caricatures [300015634]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by form>, <visual works by form of image>) (AAT)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.

Inscriptions: Digestion de la constitution

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Digestion de la constitution	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 698110
Satirical depiction of the French constitution as a dragon being fed currency by revolutionary patriots	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) note

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

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

....................... Bruel, L'estampe, 1770-1871 : Collection de Vinck (1909-1979) 4312

....................... La caricature révolutionnaire / André Blum no. 324

....................... La caricature contre-révolutionnaire / Claude Langlois p. 179-180, no. 103

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