Spring: M.143-2015

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Titles

Spring

Maker(s)

Engraver: Freeman, S.

Entities

Folding fan

Categories

Fan

Description

Folding fan, depicting two girls looking at a wicker hen coop, whilst feeding chicks outside.
Paper leaf with an applied stipple, printed in colours on fretted bone sticks. Engraved by S. Freeman after J. Russell.
The sticks were probably added later.

Notes

History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 275

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 1795

Components of the work

Leaf composed of paper
Sticks composed of bone

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.143-2015
Primary reference Number: 204708
Sale number: 275
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Audit data

Created: Friday 24 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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