ID: 700001515 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001515	Record Type: Movable Work

La chasse des corbeaux (etching (print); unknown (etcher); Published: ca. 1790; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2691-997; 691997; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.17,f.2))

Note: "Il n'y en aura peut être pas tant l'année prochaine, le ciel / m'aidera a détruire ces animaux voraces, et nos campagnes seront / moins grugée"--in lower margin; On February 13, 1790, the National Assembly passed the decree to abolish religious orders except for those engaged in teaching and charitable acts; The satirical print shows a member of the Third Estate shooting a rifle at monks that fly as crows, landing on the branches of a tree; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*); Watermark: IRC. Publication: [ca. 1790].

Titles:

La chasse des corbeaux (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,,)

Shooting crows: Satirical print about the abolishment of religious orders (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

La chasse des corbeaux; [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)

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. 1790

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: 2691-997; 691997; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.17,f.2)

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 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 25 x 17.5 cm, on sheet 30.8 x 20.5 cm

General Subject:

satire (preferred)

religion and mythology

Specific Subjects:

	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)

	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)

	hunting [300239666]
	.....(Activities Facet, Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name), physical activities, <physical activities by specific context>, <physical activities by location>, <forest and nature activities>) (AAT)

	clergy [300025747]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in religion and related occupations>, people in religion) (AAT)

	crows (birds) [300250041]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Aves (class), Passeriformes (order), Corvidae (family), Corvus (genus)) (AAT)

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

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.

Watermarks: IRC

Inscriptions: La chasse des corbeaux "Il n'y en aura peut être pas tant l'année prochaine, le ciel / m'aidera a détruire ces animaux voraces, et nos campagnes seront / moins grugée"--in lower margin;

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
La chasse des corbeaux	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 691997
Shooting crows: Satirical print about the abolishment of religious orders	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
La chasse des corbeaux; [graphic]	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

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