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Folding fan with a Plan of London: M.355 & A-2015

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Folding fan with a Plan of London

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown
Engraver: Bennett, Richard

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Description

Folding fan, the leaf of which is an engraving, 'a New and Correct Plan of London, including all ye New Buildings etc', by Richard Bennett.
Hand coloured etching on wooden sticks.
With a shagreen case.

Notes

History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 2002

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 1760

Note

The leaf of this fan is an engraving by Richard Bennett of ‘A New and Correct Plan of London, including all ye New Buildings &c.’. It has insets showing the ‘Rates of Hackney Coaches’. It is a very early cartographic fan, which became popular in the 19th century. Made at a time when a large number of English printed fans imparted useful information, this was probably intended as an aide-memoire.

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

Sticks composed of wood
Case composed of shagreen
Leaf

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Identification numbers

Accession number: M.355 & A-2015
Primary reference Number: 204925
Sale number: 2002
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 30 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

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