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ID: 700001500
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001500
Record Type: Movable Work
Allégorie dédié au Tiers Etat (etching (print); unknown printmaker; Published ca. 1789; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2690-932; 690932; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.15,f.4))
Note: Representatives of the three orders, the clergy, the nobility, and the Third Estate (commoners), carry a heart in which a kneeling figure, symbol of France, prays before a crucifix; The burden of the weight rests on the shoulders of the peasant, symbol of the Third Estate. A scroll is displayed above the heart, inscribed with the motto: NIHIL ALIVD IN NOBIS; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*); Watermark: lettering. Publication: [ca. 1789].
Titles:
Allégorie dédié au Tiers Etat (preferred,C,U,RP,French-P,U,U)
Nihil aliud in nobis (C,U,undetermined,U,U)
Allegory with representatives of the three orders: the clergy, the nobility, and the Third Estate, commoners (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>)

Classifications:
prints (preferred)

Creation Date: Published ca. 1789

Creator Display:
unknown printmaker [preferred,VP]
printmaker 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: 2690-932; 690932; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.15,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, b&w
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)
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>)

Dimensions: plate mark 25 x 18.5 cm, on sheet 29 x 20.3 cm
General Subject:
allegory (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
Assemblée nationale (French govenmental body, active 1789) [500354386]
.....(Corporate Bodies) (ULAN)
French Revolution [901000102]
.....((French history, European history, Named Events)) (ICON)
bourgeoisie [300055482]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), groups of people, social groups, social classes, <social classes by specific type>, middle class) (AAT)
peasantry [300025939]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), groups of people, social groups, social classes, <social classes by specific type>) (AAT)
clergy [300025747]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in religion and related occupations>, people in religion) (AAT)
Catholic Church (International religious institution, contemporary) [500241849]
.....(Corporate Bodies) (ULAN)
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)
social status [300065206]
.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, sociological concepts) (AAT)
costumes (character dress) [300266810]
.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Costume (hierarchy name), costume (mode of fashion), <costume by function>) (AAT)
history (literary genre) [300026358]
.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for literature>) (AAT)
prayers (literary genre) [300026452]
.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for literature>) (AAT)
nobility [300025942]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), groups of people, social groups, social classes, <social classes by specific type>, upper class, aristocracy (social class)) (AAT)
commoner [300379349]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), groups of people, social groups, social classes, <social classes by specific type>) (AAT)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.
Watermarks: yes
Inscriptions: Allégorie dédié au Tiers Etat gravée d'apres le tableau conservé dans une des salles de l'Hotel de ville d'Aix représentant la composition des Etats, et qui par le costume annonce avoir été peint dans le 16eme siecle. A scroll is displayed above the heart, inscribed with the motto: NIHIL ALIVD IN NOBIS.
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
Allégorie dédié au Tiers Etat........ [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 690932
Nihil aliud in nobis........ [GRISC]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Allegory with representatives of the three orders: the clergy, the nobility, and the Third Estate, commoners........ [VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]
....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
....................... Bruel, L'estampe, 1770-1871 : Collection de Vinck (1909-1979) 2041
....................... Hennin 10563
....................... La caricature révolutionnaire / André Blum no. 24
Note:
English ..... [GRISC,VP]
..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
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