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ID: 700001501
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001501
Record Type: Movable Work
J'savoit ben qu' j'aurions not tour (etching (print); unknown French (etcher); Published: ca. 1789; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2690-934; 690934; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.15,f.7))
Note: A peasant, representative of the Third Estate, rides on the back of a nobleman who leans against an abbot; The abbot holds the scales of justice, weighing two scrolls inscribed "Soulagement du Peuple" and "Egalité et liberté." In his pocket, a scroll is inscribed "Impot Territorial." The peasant applauds, carrying a sword inscribed "Remplie de Courage" and from which a hare is attached. A scroll inscribed "Paix et Concorde" hangs from his pocket. The peasant has killed the birds that were eating his harvest; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*). Publication: [ca. 1789].
Titles:
J'savoit ben qu' j'aurions not tour (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,,)
Satirical allegory of the peasant class receiving justice over the aristocracy and clergy (C,U,DE,English,U,U)
Vive le roi, vive la nation (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:
unknown French (etcher) [preferred,VP]
etcher 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: 2690-934; 690934; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.15,f.7)
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, hand coloring
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: image 18 x 13 cm, on sheet 19.5 x 13.4 cm
General Subject:
satire (preferred)
allegory

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)
peasant [300230852]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in agriculture or natural resource occupations>, <people in agriculture>, farmers (people in agriculture)) (AAT)
nobleman [300236547]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by state or condition>, aristocrats, nobles (aristocrats), <nobles by gender>) (AAT)
abbot [300162118]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in religion and related occupations>, people in religion, religious (people), monks (people)) (AAT)
social status [300065206]
.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, sociological concepts) (AAT)

Provenance: Caption in the lower margin printed in lower case letters; figures face towards the right; lfell; Purchase.
Inscriptions: J'savoit ben qu' j'aurions not tour
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
J'savoit ben qu' j'aurions not tour........ [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 690934
Satirical allegory of the peasant class receiving justice over the aristocracy and clergy........ [VP]
........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Vive le roi, vive la nation........ [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]
....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
....................... La caricature révolutionnaire / André Blum no. 42
Note:
English ..... [GRISC]
..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
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