Current Location: In storage
Titles
A Child's Fan
Maker(s)
Maker:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Folding fan, depicting a boy and girl playing with a bird on a string, while the boy holds the bird cage.
Paper leaf with hand coloured etching and stipple on plain wooden sticks.
Notes
History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 321
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
19th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1805
Note
The shape of this fan, with a wide leaf and narrow gorge is typical of the early 19th century. Its small size indicates that it was made for a child. This is confirmed by the subject matter which shows a boy and girl playing with a birdcage and a bird on a string. The fan mimics the style of adults’ fans of the time, just as children’s clothes were often reduced versions of those of adults.
This fan forms part of the collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd, allocated to the Museum by H.M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax in 2015. The collection of over 600 fans ranges in date from the 18th to the 20th centuries and in type from bejewelled and hand-painted court and wedding fans, to printed mass-produced advertising fans, aide-memoire fans, mourning fans and children’s fans.
Components of the work
Leaf
composed of
paper
Sticks
composed of
wood
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: M.173-2015
Primary reference Number: 204738
Sale number: 321
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Monday 27 July 2015
Updated: Tuesday 26 October 2021
Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
