ID: 700001595 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001595	Record Type: Movable Work

Joseph Barra (stipple engraving (print); Beauvalet (French artist, active 1832, died 1845); published...; Published: ca. 1793; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2713-778; 713778; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.25,f.5))

Note: Inscription below the portrait medallion: JOSEPH BARRA / Agé de 13 ans, Né à Palaiseau Dist. de Versailles / Ce généreux enfant faisoit passer à sa mere indigente tout ce qu'il pouvoit économiser / il aima mieux périr que de livrer à l'ennemi deux cheveaux qu'il conduisoit. / Il est mort en criant vive la Répub. le 15 frimaire l'an 2. / La Convention a décerné à ce jeune héros les honneurs du Panthéon; Unknown printmaker; The portrait bust of the young soldier Joseph Barra, with a shako on his head and drums on his back, is set within an oval medallion; Forms part of: Prints of the French Revolution, 1774-ca. 1840 (Special Collections, accn. no. P980009*). Publication: A Paris : Chez Basset md. d'estampes, rue Jacques au coin de celle des Mathurins, [ca. 1793].

Titles:

Joseph Barra (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

Joseph Barra; [graphic] :; agé de 13 ans, né à Palaiseau dist. de Versailles / Desrais del. ; Beauvalet sculp. (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

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))

color print (print) [300041504]

..... (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>)

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. 1793

Creator Display:

Beauvalet (French artist, active 1832, died 1845); published: Chez Basset md. d'estampes, rue Jacques au coin de celle des Mathurins [preferred,GRISC]

printmaker Beauvalet de Saint-Victor (French artist, active 1832, died 1845) [500199715]

Basset, André (French printmaker and publisher, 18th century) [500354233]

Desrais, Claude-Louis (French painter, 1746-1816) [500032045]

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: 2713-778; 713778; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.25,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: stipple engraving, colored

	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>)

	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: 28.1 x 22.2 cm, on sheet 32.6 x 24.4 cm

General Subject:

portraits (preferred)

human figures

military

Specific Subjects:

	Barra, Joseph (French soldier, 1779-1793) [500354327]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

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

	heroes [300236801]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by state or condition>) (AAT)

	history (literary genre) [300026358]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for literature>) (AAT)

	martyrs [300188714]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by state or condition>) (AAT)

	portraits [300015637]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

Provenance: lfell; Purchase.

Inscriptions: Joseph Barra agé de 13 ans, né à Palaiseau dist. de Versailles / Desrais del. ; Beauvalet sculp.; Inscription below the portrait medallion: JOSEPH BARRA / Agé de 13 ans, Né à Palaiseau Dist. de Versailles / Ce généreux enfant faisoit passer à sa mere indigente tout ce qu'il pouvoit économiser / il aima mieux périr que de livrer à l'ennemi deux cheveaux qu'il conduisoit. / Il est mort en criant vive la Répub. le 15 frimaire l'an 2. / La Convention a décerné à ce jeune héros les honneurs du Panthéon.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Joseph Barra	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 713778
Joseph Barra; [graphic] :; agé de 13 ans, né à Palaiseau dist. de Versailles / Desrais del. ; Beauvalet sculp.	........ [GRISC]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

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