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Musicians: M.279 & A-2015

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Musicians

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Folding fan, with a gentleman singer and lady pianist. Numbered 61.
Hand coloured etching, with stencilled reserves of fruit. On ivory sticks. The guards with straw work.
With box.

Notes

History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 2019

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 1780

Components of the work

Sticks composed of ivory
Leaf

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.279 & A-2015
Primary reference Number: 204847
Sale number: 2019
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 28 July 2015 Updated: Wednesday 15 May 2019 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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