Current Location: In storage
Titles
Folding fan with a Plan of London
Maker(s)
Maker:
Unknown
Engraver:
Bennett, Richard
Entities
Categories
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
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: M.355 & A-2015
Primary reference Number: 204925
Sale number: 2002
Stable URI
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
