Les Quatre Especes
Maker: Unknown
Folding fan showing 'the four species'. Depicting Cupid and a young man beside an easel displaying advice. The reserves with four scenes showing a rogue, a gentleman, a lover, and a cad, with appropriate verse between each scene.
Hand coloured etching on wooden sticks and guards. Guard sticks with bone filet and upper edge
History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 55
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 1785
Sticks, Guards
composed of
wood
Guard Filet
composed of
bone
Leaf
Accession number: M.369-2015
Primary reference Number: 204939
Sale number: 55
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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