Maker: Unknown
Double paper leaf, printed, hand coloured in bodycolour and gilt. The title of the scene is "L' Amour Maitre D'Armes". The reverse shows five printed verses of eight lines, each under the heading 'L' Amour Maitre D'Armes' Par M. Deduit. The sticks are of bone; the guards are bone with some gilding and painted at the head to simulate tortoiseshell.
History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
18th Century, Late
Louis XVI
Circa
1780
CE
-
1790
CE
Guards
composed of
paint
( to simulate tortoiseshell)
gilt
Length 26.9 cm
Leaf
composed of
paper
Sticks, Guards
composed of
bone
Accession number: M.301-1985
Primary reference Number: 117886
Old catalogue number: DR 21/266
Old object number: 344
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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