ID: 700001535 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001535	Record Type: Movable Work

Avis aux honnêtes gens (etching (print); Villeneuve (French engraver, active from late 18th century) ...; Published: ca. 1791; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2697-629; 697629; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.18,f.5))

Note: "P. Villeneuve"--inscribed on the pedestal of the bust of Pétion; The satirical print in the form of a rebus compares Pétion, who was elected mayor of Paris on November 14, 1791, to his predecessor Bailly and his electoral opponent La Fayette; The rebus reads as: Pétion merdeux de Paris premier mouchard remplaçant Coco [i.e. Bailly] et Centaure [i.e. La Fayette]; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*). Publication: [ca. 1791].

Titles:

Avis aux honnêtes gens (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,,)

Satirical print of Bailly, La Fayette, and Pétion, mayor of Paris (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Des trois le meilleur ne vaut rien (C,U,undetermined,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)

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: ca. 1791

Creator Display:

Villeneuve (French engraver, active from late 18th century) [preferred,VP]

Villeneuve (French engraver, active from late 18th century) [500043075]

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: 2697-629; 697629; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.18,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

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>)

	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)

	black-and-white (colors) [300265434]
	.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Color (hierarchy name), colors (hues or tints), neutrals (colors))

Dimensions: image 12 x 17.2 cm, plate mark 15.6 x 19.2 cm, on sheet 16.3 x 20.2 cm

General Subject:

satire (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	Bailly, Jean Sylvain (French astronomer and political leader, 1736-1793) [500353703]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	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)

	Motier, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du (French noble, commander, 1757-1834) [500354248]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Pétion, Jérôme (French politician, 1756-1794) [500354250]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	rebuses [300202668]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by function>, <word and number puzzles and games>) (AAT)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.

Inscriptions: Avis aux honnêtes gens des trois le meilleur ne vaut rien.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Avis aux honnêtes gens	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 697629
Satirical print of Bailly, La Fayette, and Pétion, mayor of Paris	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Des trois le meilleur ne vaut rien	........ [GRISC]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

....................... Bruel, L'estampe, 1770-1871 : Collection de Vinck (1909-1979) 4063

....................... Hennin 11103

....................... La caricature révolutionnaire / André Blum no. 371

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