ID: 700001459 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001459	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Prise de la Bastille (etching (print); unknown printmaker; published: Chez J. Chereau rue St. Jacqu...; Published: ca. 1789; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; accession number: P980009* (bx.2,f.7); 2682-170; 682170; (CMalG)1516-756)

Note: Key numbered 1-8 engraved in the lower margin; "Cette Forteresse qui avoit scu resister au Grand Condé ... / ... et a peine faudra til 6 mois pour son entiere démolition"--inscribed in the lower margin; The print depicts the taking on July 14, 1789, of the Bastille, Paris; The crowds force through the first drawbridge, while the grenadier Arné (Harné) and the clockmaker Humbert seize the Governor of the Bastille, Bernard Jordan, Marquis de Launay. Described as a "pavillon blanc," a flag, hand colored in red, appears atop the fortress; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*). Publication: A Paris : Chez J. Chereau rue St. Jacques pres la Fontaine St. Severin no. 257, [ca. 1789].

Titles:

Prise de la Bastille (preferred,C,U,RP,French-P,U,U)

Taking the Bastille 14 July 1789 [Chez J. Chereau] (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Prise de la Bastille; [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. 1789

Creator Display:

unknown printmaker; published: Chez J. Chereau rue St. Jacques pres la Fontaine St. Severin no. 257 [preferred,GRISC]

publishers Chéreau, Jacques-Simon (French publisher and editor, ca. 1760-1808) [500353668]

printmaker unknown French (French cultural designation) [500125235]

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: accession number: P980009* (bx.2,f.7); 2682-170; 682170; (CMalG)1516-756

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)

Display Materials: 1 print: etching, hand colored

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

	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)

Dimensions: plate mark 31.3 x 42.5 cm, on sheet 33.5 x 46.5 cm

General Subject:

history and legend (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	Storming of the Bastille [901000248]
	.....((French Revolution, French history, European history, Named Events)) (ICON)

	Arné, Joseph (French soldier, 1762-1801) [500354428]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Humbert, Jean-Baptiste (French revolutionary, active late 18th century) [500354427]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Launey, Bernard René Jourdan (French governor, 1740-1789) [500354418]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

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

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.

Inscriptions: Prise de la Bastille; "Cette Forteresse qui avoit scu resister au Grand Condé ... / ... et a peine faudra til 6 mois pour son entiere démolition"--inscribed in the lower margin

Related Works:

	same composition .... Prise de la Bastille [700001458]
	..........etching (print); unknown printmaker; published: Chez Basset rue St. Jacques; Published: ca. 1789; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; accession number: P980009* (bx.2,f.6); 2682-161; 682161; (CMalG)1516-756

	same composition .... Prise de la Bastille [700001526]
	..........etching (print); unknown printmaker; published: Chez Basset rue St. Jacques; Published: ca. 1789; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; accession number: P980009* (bx.2,f.5); 2694-931; 694931; (CMalG)1516-756

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Prise de la Bastille	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 682170
Taking the Bastille 14 July 1789 [Chez J. Chereau]	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Prise de la Bastille; [graphic].	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

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