Skip to main content

Dido and Aeneas Fan: M.314-1985

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Dido and Aeneas Fan

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown
Artist: Guérin, Pierre Narcisse, baron (After)

Entities

Categories

Description

Double leaf of paper backed by chickenskin, printed and hand coloured after a painting by Pierre Nascisse Guerin (1774-1833); the reverse shows gilt flowers. The sticks and guards are of pierced, fretted and carved ivory; the guards having an addition of gilt foil.

Notes

History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)

Legal notes

Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne

Dating

19th Century, Early#
Circa 1800 - Circa 1820

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Leaf composed of chicken skin ( backing) paper gilt
Guards composed of gilt metal foil ( backing) Length 20.1 cm
Sticks, Guards composed of ivory

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Printing
Gilding

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.314-1985
Primary reference Number: 117899
Old catalogue number: DR 23/297
Old object number: 357
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Dido and Aeneas Fan" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/117899 Accessed: 2024-12-23 03:48:33

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/117899 |title=Dido and Aeneas Fan |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-23 03:48:33|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-117899

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...