ID: 700001567 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001567	Record Type: Movable Work

J.n S.vain Bailly (stipple engraving (print); Pierre-Guillaume-Alexandre Beljambe (French engraver, publis...; Published: 1790; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2711-151; 711151; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.25,f.3))

Note: Announced in the Journal de Paris, January 10, 1790; "Pour un nouveau Talent une Palme nouvelle"--inscribed in the upper center of plate; French printmaker of Rouen, a member of the Académie of Caen and Orléans; The three-quarter portrait bust of Jean-Sylvain Bailly is after a painting by Charles Monnet; It is enclosed within an allegorical composition featuring a personification of the city of Paris, who presents a wreath of oak leaves to the politician. Bailly's work, Histoire de l'astronomie ancienne et moderne, is displayed in the lower left corner; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*). Publication: A Paris : Chez Beljambe, rue des Petits Augustins F.S.G. no. 3, [1790].

Titles:

J.n S.vain Bailly (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,,)

Portrait bust of Jean-Sylvain Bailly (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Jean-Sylvain Bailly (C,U,undetermined,,)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

stipple engraving (print) [300041364] (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))

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: 1790

Creator Display:

Pierre-Guillaume-Alexandre Beljambe (French engraver, publisher, 1759-ca. 1820); after a painting by Charles Monnet [preferred,GRISC]

etcher Beljambe, Pierre-Guillaume-Alexandre (French engraver and draftsman, 1759-ca. 1820) [500049376]

publisher Beljambe, Pierre-Guillaume-Alexandre (French engraver and draftsman, 1759-ca. 1820) [500049376]

painter Monnet, Charles (French painter, draftsman, and illustrator, 1732-after 1808) [500016714]

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: 2711-151; 711151; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.25,f.3)

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] (Geographic)

Address Note: rue des Petits Augustins F.S.G. no. 3

Display Materials: 1 print: stipple engraving, coloring

	stipple engraving (printing process) [300053239]
	.......(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))

	coloring (process) [300053043]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>)

Dimensions: plate mark 22.5 x 17.2 cm, on sheet 26 x 20 cm

General Subject:

allegory (preferred)

portraits

Specific Subjects:

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

	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)

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

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.

Inscriptions: J.n S.vain Bailly maire de Paris, le premier des présidens de l'Assemblée nationale, des Académies francoise, des sciences, des inscriptions, &c., &c. / peint par C. Monet, peintre du roi ; gravé par P. Beljambe, de l'Académie r.le de Caen &c.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
J.n S.vain Bailly	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 711151
Portrait bust of Jean-Sylvain Bailly	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Jean-Sylvain Bailly	........ [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) 1822

....................... Inventaire du fonds français: graveurs du dix-huitième siècle / Marcel Roux vol. 2, p. 286, no. 45

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