ID: 700001349 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001349	Record Type: Movable Work

A plan and elevation of the royal fire-works to be performed in S.t James's Park, April the 27.th 1749. on account of the general peace, signed at Aix-la-Chapelle, Oct.r 7. MDCCXLVIII (etching (print); Vertue, George (English printmaker and antiquary, 1684-1756)...; Published: 1749; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2555-589; 555589; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: P910002** (FF. 369))

Note: The architect, painter and stage designer Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni was active in Paris and received commissions at several royal courts in Europe; Inscriptions on fireworks structure: GEORGIUS. II REX. // VIVAT REX; Inscription in lower right of image: The Firework's principally perform'd by the Sign:ri Gaetano Ruggieri, and Giuseppe Sarti of Bolognia; Inscription in the plate's lower margin: By Order of his Grace the DUKE of MONTAGU Master General, and the Right Hon.ble the L.t General and the rest of the principal OFFICERS of his Majesty's Ordnance; / and performed by the Direction of Charles Frederick Esq.r Comptroller of his Majesty's Laboratory at Woolwich; The print depicts a fireworks structure designed by Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni to be erected in Saint James's Park, London, 1749, in celebration of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle that ended the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48); A palace is shown in plan and elevation with a scale. A caption describes the building, pyrotechnic rockets, wheel-shaped fireworks displays, fountains and cascades; Engraver, writer and antiquary in London; Forms part of the Collection of festival prints, 1530-1887 (Special Collections accn. no. P910002**); Blind stamp in the margins: oval with initials "JIC" [?]. Publication: . [London] : Drawn, engrav'd and publish'd 5.th of April 1749 according to Act of Parliament, [1749].

Titles:

A plan and elevation of the royal fire-works to be performed in S.t James's Park, April the 27.th 1749. on account of the general peace, signed at Aix-la-Chapelle, Oct.r 7. MDCCXLVIII (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

A plan and elevation of the royal fire-works to be performed in S.t James's Park, April the 27.th 1749. on account of the general peace, signed at Aix-la-Chapelle, Oct.r 7. MDCCXLVIII; [graphic] / the machine invented and design'd by the Chev:r Servandoni ; G. Vertue sculp. Londini. (C,U,English,,)

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: 1749

Creator Display:

Vertue, George (English printmaker and antiquary, 1684-1756); published by Drawn, engrav'd and publish'd 5.th of April 1749 according to Act of Parliament [preferred,GRISC]

engraver (incisor) Vertue, George (English printmaker and antiquary, 1684-1756) [500013594]

publisher unknown British (modern) (modern British cultural designation) [500125220]

Frederick, Charles (English official, active ca. 1749) [500353646]

Ruggieri, Gaetano (Italian pyrotechnician, 18th century) [500353648]

Sarti, Giuseppe (Italian pyrotechnician, active 18th century) [500353649]

Servandoni, Giovanni Niccolò (Italian architect, painter, and scenographer in France, 1695-1766) [500026775]

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: 2555-589; 555589; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: P910002** (FF. 369)

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: London [7011781] (Geographic)

Display Materials: 1 print :engraving

	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)

Dimensions: plate mark: 41.4 x 56.2 cm, on sheet: ca. 46.2 x 61 cm

General Subject:

architecture (preferred)

events

Specific Subjects:

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

	architectural elements [300000885]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>) (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)

	George II, King of Great Britain (British king, 1683-1760) [500353655]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Montagu, John Montagu, Duke of (British noble, 1690-1749) [500353647]
	.....(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)

	Saint James' Park [7544535]
	.....() (TGN)

	Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle [901000108]
	.....((Literary works: Legal, Political, Governmental documents, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

Inscriptions: A plan and elevation of the royal fire-works to be performed in S.t James's Park, April the 27.th 1749. on account of the general peace, signed at Aix-la-Chapelle, Oct.r 7. MDCCXLVIII the machine invented and design'd by the Chev:r Servandoni ; G. Vertue sculp. Londini.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
A plan and elevation of the royal fire-works to be performed in S.t James's Park, April the 27.th 1749. on account of the general peace, signed at Aix-la-Chapelle, Oct.r 7. MDCCXLVIII	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 555589
A plan and elevation of the royal fire-works to be performed in S.t James's Park, April the 27.th 1749. on account of the general peace, signed at Aix-la-Chapelle, Oct.r 7. MDCCXLVIII; [graphic] / the machine invented and design'd by the Chev:r Servandoni ; G. Vertue sculp. Londini.	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

....................... Walpole, H. Catalogue of engravers p. 224

....................... Brock, A. St. H. A history of fireworks p. 48-52

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