ID: 700001457 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001457	Record Type: Movable Work

La Bastille (etching (print); J. F. Borgnet (French engraver, active ca. 1781-1793); Jean-...; Published: ca. 1789; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2682-137; 682137; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.2,f.1))

Note: "Ces murs baignés sans cesse et de sang et de pleurs, / ... / Chenier Trag. de Charles IX"--inscribed in the lower margin; French printmaker active in Paris in the second half of the 18th century, a student of Charles-Étienne Gaucher; Based on a drawing by Gudin, the view of the Bastille gives a detailed rendering of the moat and towers of the medieval fortress-prison; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*).

Titles:

La Bastille (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,,)

View of the moat and towers of the Bastille (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Vue du coin du boulevard, 1789 (C,U,undetermined,,)

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. 1789

Creator Display:

J. F. Borgnet (French engraver, active ca. 1781-1793); Jean-Jérôme Imbault (French publisher, 1753-1832) [preferred,GRISC]

etcher Borgnet, J. F. (French engraver, active ca. 1781-1793) [500354423]

publisher Imbault, Jean-Jérôme (French publisher, 1753-1832) [500354426]

author Chénier, Marie-Joseph (French writer, 1764-1811) [500354424]

draftsman Gudin (French draftsman, active late 18th century) [500354425]

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: 2682-137; 682137; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.2,f.1)

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] Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: rue S. Honoré No. 627

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)

	black-and-white (colors) [300265434]
	.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Color (hierarchy name), colors (hues or tints), neutrals (colors))

Dimensions: plate mark 23.8 x 29 cm, on sheet 31 x 45.2 cm

General Subject:

architecture (preferred)

another work

Specific Subjects:

	Bastille [700001912]
	.....(Bastille [700001912], Built Works by class: fortifications, transportation, bridges, barriers, military, and engineering works [700009566], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

	fortification [300006888]
	.....(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 function>) (AAT)

	city walls [300005072]
	.....(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 function>, fortifications (built environment)) (AAT)

	military building [300006887]
	.....(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 function>) (AAT)

	moat [300003716]
	.....(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 location or context>, <single built works by location: topographical>, earthworks (engineering works), cuts (earthworks), ditches, fosses) (AAT)

	Paris [7008038]
	.....(Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	prison (building) [300006460]
	.....(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 function>, institutional buildings, correctional institutions (buildings)) (AAT)

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

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.

Inscriptions: La Bastille : vue du coin du boulevard, 1789 dessiné d'après nature par Gudin ; gravé par Borgnet.; "Ces murs baignés sans cesse et de sang et de pleurs, / ... / Chenier Trag. de Charles IX"--inscribed in the lower margin

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
La Bastille	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 682137
View of the moat and towers of the Bastille	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
Vue du coin du boulevard, 1789	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

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