Memorial Fan to Frederick, Princes of Wales
Maker: Unknown
Memorial folding fan to Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707-1751), the eldest son of King George II and Queen Caroline. Designed with a cenotaph displaying small medallions of five preceding Princes of Wales. To the left, the Queen sits at a table holding an image of her son, and to the right the son crowned in heaven.
Paper leaf with hand coloured etching en grisaille, on plain bone sticks and guards.
In original box.
History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 971
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 1751
Leaf
composed of
paper
Sticks, Guards
composed of
bone
Accession number: M.349 & A-2015
Primary reference Number: 204919
Sale number: 971
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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