ID: 700001203 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001203	Record Type: Movable Work

Halte la, monstres (etching (print); unknown printmaker; published ca. 1792; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2698-115; 698115; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.19,f.7))

Note: A variant of this caricature, titled Nous verrons qui l'emportera, was announced in the Journal de la cour et de la ville on March 15, 1792; The satirical print represents a combat between French revolutionaries who are proponents of the constitution and noblemen; Accompanied by Jacobins, Mayor Pétion of Paris rides the beast of the Gévaudan, symbol of the constitution. He tramples ecclesiastical and royal emblems, as he is being attacked with clubs and daggers by Hercules and noblemen; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*). Publication: [ca. 1792].

Titles:

Halte la, monstres (preferred,C,U,RP,French-P,U,U)

Satirical depiction of combat between French revolutionaries, who are proponents of the constitution, and noblemen (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 ca. 1792

Creator Display:

unknown printmaker [preferred,VP]

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: 2698-115; 698115; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.19,f.7)

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, tool work, hand coloring

	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)

	tooling [300053876]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <surface marking processes and techniques>)

	hand coloring [300133555]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, coloring (process))

	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 11.7 x 18 cm, on sheet 24 cm

General Subject:

satire (preferred)

human figures

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)

	Club des Jacobins (French political society, 1794-1799) [500354263]
	.....(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)

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

	Hercules [901000042]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	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)

	Pétion, Jérôme (French politician, 1756-1794) [500354250]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	politics [300055537]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, political concepts) (AAT)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.

Inscriptions: Halte la, monstres. Key, lettered a to d, in the lower margin.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Halte la, monstres	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 698115
Satirical depiction of combat between French revolutionaries, who are proponents of the constitution, and noblemen	........ [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) 4313

....................... Hennin 11198

....................... La caricature révolutionnaire / André Blum no. 323

....................... La caricature contre-révolutionnaire / Claude Langlois p. 152-153, no. 83

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