Skip to main content

Design for a fan: A conch shell with rococo ornament: PD.112-1985

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Design for a fan: A conch shell with rococo ornament
Translated as: Design for a fan: A conch shell with rococo ornament

Entities

Categories

Description

Design for a fan: A conch shell with rococo ornament (description from the Messel-Rosse inventory)

Notes

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

Legal notes

Bought 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) by Countess of Rosse, Anne

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour and gold paint

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 24
  • Location: Verso
  • Type: Numbered

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.112-1985
Primary reference Number: 126098
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 31 May 2022 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

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

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Design for a fan: A conch shell with rococo ornament" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/126098 Accessed: 2024-12-18 18:50:30

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/126098 |title=Design for a fan: A conch shell with rococo ornament |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-18 18:50:30|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-126098

Sign up for updates

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