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ID: 700001487
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001487
Record Type: Movable Work
[Execution of Philippe Égalité] (print (visual work); unknown artist; Published: ca. 1793; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2688-953; 688953; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.8,f.11))
Note: Key numbered 1 to 5 and two columns of 4-line verses in the lower margin: Mirate il fin d'un Uguaglianza infame, Che Filippo vantò carco d'orgoglio / ... / Di falsa speme in tristo cuore ed empio; The print depicts the execution of Louis-Philippe-Joseph d'Orléans, called Philippe Égalité, on the Place de la Révolution in Paris, November 6, 1793; The former duke stands on a scaffold, in the presence of infantrymen and mounted guards, while three other convicts seated in a cart, await their fate. The Furniture Repository appears on the left, with the dome of the Assumption and trees of the Tuileries in the distance; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*). Publication: [ca. 1793].
Titles:
[Execution of Philippe Égalité] (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)
[Execution of Philippe Égalité]; [graphic]. (C,U,undetermined,,)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
print (visual work) [300041273] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)
etching (print) [300041365]
..... (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)

Classifications:
prints (preferred)

Creation Date: Published: ca. 1793

Creator Display:
unknown artist [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: 2688-953; 688953; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.8,f.11)
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, b&w
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>)
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: plate mark 18.7 x 27.2 cm., on sheet 23 x 32.2 cm
General Subject:
history and legend (preferred)
human figures

Specific Subjects:
Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d' (French noble, 1747-1793) [500354243]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
beheadings [300379186]
.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), personal life events, deaths, executions (personal life events)) (AAT)
executions (personal life events) [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)
Reign of Terror [901001046]
.....((French Revolution, French history, European history, Named Events)) (ICON)
French Revolution [901000102]
.....((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)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
[Execution of Philippe Égalité]........ [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 688953
[Execution of Philippe Égalité]; [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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