Current Location: In storage
Titles
Folding fan with a map of European train routes ('Mapa de los Ferro-Carriles de Europa')
Maker(s)
Maker:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Folding fan with a map showing major European train routes in the 1890s. It is an advertisement for two Spanish fan-makers, Martinez y Vicente and El Juego de las Flores.
Paper leaf with an uncoloured etching on plain wood sticks and guards.
Notes
History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 378
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 1890
Note
The fan shows major European train routes in the 1890s. It is an advertisement for two Spanish fan-makers, Martinez y Vicente and El Juego de las Flores. As a cheap mass-produced object, it was probably given away to attract customers to the manufacturer’s shop.
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, Guards
composed of
wood
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: M.218-2015
Primary reference Number: 204783
Sale number: 378
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Tuesday 28 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
