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ID: 700001540
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001540
Record Type: Movable Work
Grégoire (etching (print); Pierre-Michel Alix (printmaker, 1762-1817); Chez Le Vachez (...; Published: ca. 1789; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2708-772; 708772; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.22,f.5))
Note: "103"--in the lower right corner; Titles from inscriptions on the pedestal and in the lower margin; The three-quarter portrait bust of the abbé Grégoire was first announced by the Gazette de France, December 4, 1789, as part of the 6th fascicle of the Collection générale des portraits de M.M. les députés à l'Assemblée nationale, also known as the Collection Le Vachez. Unlike the first state issued in 1789, this impression bears a number characteristic of the second edition by Treuttel and Wurtz, ca. 1810; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*); Possibly a restrike. Publication: A Paris : Chez Le Vachez, sous les colonnades du Palais R.l, no. 258, [1789?].
Titles:
Grégoire (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,,)
Portrait bust of the abbé Henri Grégoire (C,U,DE,English,U,U)
Collection générale des portraits de M.M. les députés à l'Assemblée nationale tenue à Versailles le 4 mai 1789 (C,U,CN,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:
Pierre-Michel Alix (printmaker, 1762-1817); Chez Le Vachez (publisher) [preferred,GRISC]
printmaker Alix, Pierre-Michel (French painter 1762-1817) [500044566]
publisher Le Vachez, Nicolas-François (French publisher, active 1775-1790) [500354323]
Duchemin (French draftsman, active 18th century) [500354561]
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: 2708-772; 708772; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.22,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, wash manner, tool work, b&w
black-and-white (colors) [300265434]
.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Color (hierarchy name), colors (hues or tints), neutrals (colors))
wash manner [300379419]
.......(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)
tool work (printmaking marks) [300379420]
.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by function>, <identifying markings and symbols>, marks (identifying markings), <marks by process or technique>)

Dimensions: platemark 23.3 x 18 cm, on sheet 31 x 24 cm
General Subject:
portraits (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
Grégoire, Henri (French priest and revolutionary, 1750-1831) [500353708]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
French Revolution [901000102]
.....((French history, European history, Named Events)) (ICON)
politician [300025474]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in administration and government>) (AAT)
single-sitter portrait [300404138]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, portraits) (AAT)
priest [300025774]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in religion and related occupations>, people in religion, clergy) (AAT)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.
Inscriptions: Grégoire curé d'Embermenil député du baill.ge de Nancy / Duchemin del. ; P.M. Alix sc.; "103"--in the lower right corner.
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
Grégoire........ [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 708772
Portrait bust of the abbé Henri Grégoire........ [VP]
........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Collection générale des portraits de M.M. les députés à l'Assemblée nationale tenue à Versailles le 4 mai 1789........ [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]
....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
....................... Bruel, L'estampe, 1770-1871 : Collection de Vinck (1909-1979) 2243
Note:
English ..... [GRISC]
..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
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