ID: 700000905 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000905	Record Type: Movable Work

Vuë et décoration de la façade du feu d'artifice élevé en la place de Grêve, tiré devant Leurs Majestés le 21 jan. 1782 à l'occasion de la naissance de M.gr le Dauphin (etching (print); published: Chez La Chaussée, rue S. Jacques vis-à-vis la F...; Published: ca. 1782; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 537762; accession number: 2000.PR.20*; )

Note: Title inscribed in the lower margin and repeated in the upper margin in reverse and in capital letters; The print represents a fireworks display held on January 21, 1782, in celebration of the birth of the Dauphin of France; A columned facade elevated on rocks is shown adorned with royal arms and fleurs-de-lys. It is topped by a wheel-shaped fireworks with a central medallion showing the face of a young child. Streams of firecrackers simulate ornamental jets of water spouting from various fountains; "26"--in brown ink in the upper right corner. Publication: A Paris : Chez La Chaussée, rue S. Jacques vis-à-vis la Fontaine St. Severin no 137, [ca. 1782].

Titles:

Vuë et décoration de la façade du feu d'artifice élevé en la place de Grêve, tiré devant Leurs Majestés le 21 jan. 1782 à l'occasion de la naissance de M.gr le Dauphin (preferred,C,U,RP,French-P,U,U)

Fireworks display held at the Place de Grei‚ve in celebration of the birth of the Dauphin of France in 1782 (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Vuë et décoration de la façade du feu d'artifice élevé en la place de Grêve, tiré devant Leurs Majestés le 21 jan. 1782 à l'occasion de la naissance de M.gr le Dauphin; [graphic]. (C,U,French,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)

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. 1782

Creator Display:

published: Chez La Chaussée, rue S. Jacques vis-à-vis la Fontaine St. Severin no 137 [preferred,GRISC]

publishers Chez La Chaussée (French publisher, active 18th century) [500354116]

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: 537762; accession number: 2000.PR.20*

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] (Geographic)

Display Materials: 1 print: etching, hand colored; State without the imprint of Basset

	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: image 25.5 x 40 cm, plate mark 28.5 x 41 cm, on paper 31.5 x 45.5 cm

General Subject:

events (preferred)

structures

Specific Subjects:

	perspective view (image) [300034294]
	.....(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>, <images by method of representation>, <images by method of projection>) (AAT)

	ephemeral structures [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)

	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)

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

	Place de l'Hôtel-de-ville [7544567]
	.....() (TGN)

	Louis XVI, King of France (French king, 1754-1793) [500122357]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

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

	Louis-Joseph-Xavier, Dauphin of France (French prince, 1781-1789) [500354117]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	depictions (visual works) [300248231]
	.....(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)

Inscriptions: Vuë et décoration de la façade du feu d'artifice élevé en la place de Grêve, tiré devant Leurs Majestés le 21 jan. 1782 à l'occasion de la naissance de M.gr le Dauphin

State: without the imprint of Basset

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Vuë et décoration de la façade du feu d'artifice élevé en la place de Grêve, tiré devant Leurs Majestés le 21 jan. 1782 à l'occasion de la naissance de M.gr le Dauphin	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 537762
Fireworks display held at the Place de Grei‚ve in celebration of the birth of the Dauphin of France in 1782	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Vuë et décoration de la façade du feu d'artifice élevé en la place de Grêve, tiré devant Leurs Majestés le 21 jan. 1782 à l'occasion de la naissance de M.gr le Dauphin; [graphic].	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

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