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ID: 700001481
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001481
Record Type: Movable Work
Horribles attentats des Francois commis à Paris le 10 d'aout 1792 (etching (print); unknown French (engraver); Johann Martin Will (German publis...; Published: ca. 1792; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2688-793; 688793; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.7,f.4))
Note: "... Quels horreurs, quels crimes atroces, ne commet on pas en France / 1. On conduit le Roi et la Reine au Temple en prison / 2. ... / Joh. Mart. W..."--in the lower margin; Key numbered 1 to 14 in the lower margin with legends in French and German; "134"--in the upper right corner; The print emphasizes the chaos and violence surrounding the events in Paris from August 10, 1792, which marked the assault on the Tuileries Palace, to August 13, when King Louis XVI and Queen Marie-Antoinette were taken to prison; Children play with decapitated heads and aristocrats are being hanged, while Commandant Santerre marches at the head of the National Guard. On the right, a sans-culotte leaves excrements on a mutilated statue of the King; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*). Publication: [Augsburg] : Johan. Mart. W[ill], [ca. 1792].
Titles:
Horribles attentats des Francois commis à Paris le 10 d'aout 1792 (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,,)
Horrible events in Paris from 10 August 1792 (C,U,DE,English,U,U)
Schautervolle Unternehmung der Franzosen untereinanter geschehen zu Paris (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. 1792

Creator Display:
unknown French (engraver); Johann Martin Will (German publisher, 1727- before 1806) [preferred,GRISC]
publisher Will, Johann Martin (German engraver and publisher, 1727- before 1806) [500011973]
engraver (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: 2688-793; 688793; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.7,f.4)
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: Augsburg [7004324] Bavaria (state), Germany (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Display Materials: 1 print: etching, b&w
black-and-white (colors) [300265434]
.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Color (hierarchy name), colors (hues or tints), neutrals (colors))
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: platemark 28.5 x 40.2 cm, on sheet 32.4 x 43 cm
General Subject:
satire (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
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)
atrocities [300379127]
.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, sociological concepts, social issues, social conflict) (AAT)
children (people by age group) [300025945]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by age group>, youth (people)) (AAT)
aristocrats [300236021]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by state or condition>) (AAT)
sansculotte [300379145]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by ideology| philosophy| or political activity>, revolutionaries) (AAT)
French Revolution [901000102]
.....((French history, European history, Named Events)) (ICON)
hangings (executions) [300386106]
.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), personal life events, deaths, executions (personal life events)) (AAT)
imprisonment [300137572]
.....(Activities Facet, Functions (hierarchy name), functions (activities), <functions by specific context>, legal functions) (AAT)
Louis XVI, King of France (French king, 1754-1793) [500122357]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France (French queen consort, 1755-1793) [500122363]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
massacres [300379188]
.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), personal life events, deaths) (AAT)
vandalism [300055299]
.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, sociological concepts, social issues, crime (social issue)) (AAT)
Santerre, Antoine-Joseph (French businessman and general, 1752-1809) [500354453]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
sculpture (visual works) [300047090]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>) (AAT)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.
Inscriptions: Horribles attentats des Francois commis à Paris le 10 d'aout 1792 Schautervolle Unternehmung der Franzosen untereinanter geschehen zu Paris, d. 10. Aug. 1792.; "... Quels horreurs, quels crimes atroces, ne commet on pas en France / 1. On conduit le Roi et la Reine au Temple en prison / 2. ... / Joh. Mart. W..."--in the lower margin.; Key numbered 1 to 14 in the lower margin with legends in French and German.; "134"--in the upper right corner.
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
Horribles attentats des Francois commis à Paris le 10 d'aout 1792........ [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 688793
Horrible events in Paris from 10 August 1792........ [VP]
........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Schautervolle Unternehmung der Franzosen untereinanter geschehen zu Paris........ [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]
....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
....................... Hennin 11221
Note:
English ..... [GRISC]
..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
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