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Vue du Palais Royal: M.457-2015

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Vue du Palais Royal

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Folding fan with a vue du Palais Royal. To the left a puppet show, Spectacles des Beaujolais, and to the right, the 'Caffe Mechanique'.
Hand coloured etching, on bone sticks.

Notes

History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 2047

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 1790

Components of the work

Sticks composed of bone
Leaf

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.457-2015
Primary reference Number: 205036
Sale number: 2047
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 4 August 2015 Updated: Wednesday 15 May 2019 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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