Scene from Ovid
Publisher: Gamble, Martha
Folding fan depicting the four muses, one reading to Ovid, with the sea, a ship, and two sailors.
Paper leaf with hand coloured etching, on Chinese ivory lacquered sticks and guards.
History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 228
Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax from the Lennox Boyd Estate
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2015-04-27) by H.M. Government
18th Century
Production date:
AD 1744
Sticks, Guards
composed of
ivory
( Chinese)
lacquer
Leaf
composed of
paper
Accession number: M.109-2015
Primary reference Number: 204672
Sale number: 228
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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