IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 204920 accession number: M.350-2015 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Thursday 30 July 2015 updated: Wednesday 15 May 2019 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Folding fan. A central scene of the telegraph with shutters closed, with a disabled lieutenant attends the signals. A midshipman looks out to the telegraph and a foremasterman deals with the ropes. The border with details of the shutter facility and reserves with text, entere'd at Stationers Hall by the Proprietor July 1st, 1796. Paper leaf with uncoloured etching, on pierced and fretted bone sticks and guards. title: folding fan NOTES ----- type: history note value: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 974 LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Lennox Boyd creditline: Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax from the Lennox Boyd Estate STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/204920 CATEGORIES ------ category: fan DATING ------ creation date: 1796 - 1796 creation date earliest: 1796 creation date latest: 1796 culture: 18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown