ID: 700001525 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001525	Record Type: Movable Work

Aristocrate croyant à la contre-révolution / Aristocrate maudissant la révolution (etching (print); published by Bureau des Révolutions de Paris, rue Jacob, Fa...; Published 1789; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2692-615; 692615; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.16,f.5);)

Note: Issued in: Révolutions de Paris, dédiées à la Nation et au district des Petits Augustins / pub. par le sieur Prudhomme (Paris, 1789-1794); The metamorphic or reversible portrait medallion shows a smiling aristocrat, confident that the counterrevolution will prevail, but frustrated, when viewed upside down; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*). Publications: [Paris] : Bureau des Révolutions de Paris, rue Jacob, Faubourg St. G. No. 28 ..., [1789].

Titles:

Aristocrate croyant à la contre-révolution / Aristocrate maudissant la révolution (preferred,C,U,RP,French-P,U,U)

Aristocrate maudissant la révolution / Aristocrate croyant à la contre-révolution (C,U,French,U,U)

Satirical metamorphic portrayal of an aristocrat during the French counterrevolution and after its failure (C,U,DE,English-P,U,U)

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)

engravings (prints) [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)

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>)

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: Published 1789

Creator Display:

published by Bureau des Révolutions de Paris, rue Jacob, Faubourg St. G. No. 28 ... [preferred,GRISC]

publishers Bureau des Révolutions (French publisher, active late 18th century) [500354382]

publisher Prudhomme, Louis Marie (French journalist, 1752-1830) [500354383]

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: 2692-615; 692615; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.16,f.5)

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: Paris [7008038] Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: 1 print: etching, engraving, 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>)

	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)

Dimensions: sheet 18 x 11.5 cm, on mount 27.3 x 16.3 cm

General Subject:

satire (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	metamorphic picture [300306478]
	.....(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>, <images by method of representation>) (AAT)

	counterrevolutionaries [300379088]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by ideology| philosophy| or political activity>) (AAT)

	aristocracy (social class) [300055484]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), groups of people, social groups, social classes, <social classes by specific type>, upper class) (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)

	monarchism [300265776]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, political concepts, <political ideologies and attitudes>) (AAT)

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

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.

Inscriptions: Aristocrate croyant à la contre-révolution Aristocrate maudissant la révolution. "Bureau des Révolutions de Paris, rue Jacob, Faubourg St. G. No. 28 / Et au Mois de Mars, rue des Marais, Faub. St. Germ. No. 20"--inscribed below the medallion.; "TITRE DE NOBLESSES / PRIVILEGES"--inscribed on collar of figure.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Aristocrate croyant à la contre-révolution / Aristocrate maudissant la révolution	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 692615
Aristocrate maudissant la révolution / Aristocrate croyant à la contre-révolution	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Satirical metamorphic portrayal of an aristocrat during the French counterrevolution and after its failure	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

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