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Young Girl Sitting with Hat on her Knee: M.101-2015

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Young Girl Sitting with Hat on her Knee

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Folding fan depicting a young girl sitting with a hat on her knee. The blue paper leaf has an uncoloured stipple, on shaped and carved ivory sticks and guards. When closed, the sticks appear bound with ropes.

Notes

History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 214

Legal notes

Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax from the Lennox Boyd Estate

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Allocated (2015-04-27) by H.M. Government

Dating

18th Century
Production date: circa AD 1790

Components of the work

Leaf composed of paper
Sticks And Guards composed of ivory
Paper
Sticks

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.101-2015
Primary reference Number: 204664
Sale number: 214

Audit data

Created: Thursday 23 July 2015 Updated: Wednesday 15 May 2019

Associated departments & institutions

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

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Young Girl Sitting with Hat on her Knee" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/204664 Accessed: 2024-05-04 08:06:19

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