Pastoral Vignettes
Maker: Unknown
Folding fan with two pastoral vignettes. A couple with rakes converse over a fence. To the right, a man with a basket over one shoulder passes a shepherd and shepherdess on the roadside. The woman leans by a well holding a shepherd's crook, the man plays a pipe.
Paper leaf with hand coloured etching on plain wood sticks.
With box, later 18th century, covered with German decorative paper.
History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 993
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:
circa
AD 1745
Leaf, Box Covering
composed of
paper
Sticks
composed of
wood
Leaf
Accession number: M.266 & A-2015
Primary reference Number: 204834
Sale number: 993
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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