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ID: 700001484
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001484
Record Type: Movable Work
Fin tragique de Marie Antoinette d'Autriche reine de France, exécutée le 16 octobre 1793 (etching (print); unknown (etcher); Published: ca. 1793; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2688-851; 688851; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.8,f.10))
Note: "EGALITE / LIEBRTE" ; "REPUBLI / QUE / FRANCAIS"--inscribed on banners carried by guards; The print shows the execution of Marie-Antoinette in Paris on the Place Louis XV, renamed Place de la Révolution, October 16, 1793; The executioner stands on the scaffold displaying the head of the former queen to mounted National Guards and to burghers carrying pikes topped by liberty bonnets; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*). Publication: [ca. 1793].
Titles:
Fin tragique de Marie Antoinette d'Autriche reine de France, exécutée le 16 octobre 1793 (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,,)
Execution of Marie-Antoinette in Paris (C,U,DE,English,U,U)
Fin tragique de Marie Antoinette d'Autriche reine de France, exécutée le 16 octobre 1793; [graphic]. (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)
engraving (print) [300041340]
..... (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. 1793

Creator Display:
unknown (etcher) [preferred,VP]
etcher 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: 2688-851; 688851; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.8,f.10)
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, engraving, 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)
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)
black-and-white (colors) [300265434]
.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Color (hierarchy name), colors (hues or tints), neutrals (colors))

Dimensions: image 14 x 19.5 cm, plate mark 18.5 x 23.8 cm, on sheet 24.7 x 34.7 cm
General Subject:
history and legend (preferred)
events
human figures

Specific Subjects:
Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France (French queen consort, 1755-1793) [500122363]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
execution (personal life event) [300069680]
.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), personal life events, deaths) (AAT)
guillotine (cutting machinery) [300261951]
.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by process>, cutting equipment, cutting machinery) (AAT)
French Revolution [901000102]
.....((French history, European history, Named Events)) (ICON)
Reign of Terror [901001046]
.....((French Revolution, French history, European history, Named Events)) (ICON)
Place de la Concorde [7544568]
.....(Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)
Sampson family (family, active late 18th century) [500354554]
.....(Corporate Bodies) (ULAN)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.
Inscriptions: Fin tragique de Marie Antoinette d'Autriche reine de France, exécutée le 16 octobre 1793
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
Fin tragique de Marie Antoinette d'Autriche reine de France, exécutée le 16 octobre 1793........ [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 688851
Execution of Marie-Antoinette in Paris........ [VP]
........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Fin tragique de Marie Antoinette d'Autriche reine de France, exécutée le 16 octobre 1793; [graphic]......... [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]
....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Note:
English ..... [GRISC]
..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
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