Current Location: In storage
Titles
The Boating Party
Maker(s)
Maker:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Franco-Spanish folding fan. Depicting fashionable ladies and gentlemen on the shore, with companions in a boat on the lake. The reverse of vellum, and signed 'Vve. Garnison 281 depose'.
Hand coloured stipple engraving, on bone sticks with later bone guards.
Notes
History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 2078
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
19th Century
Circa
1820
CE
-
1830
CE
Note
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.
This fan has suffered loss and breakages over time. At some point in its history, it has been fitted with replacement guards because, presumably, the originals became damaged.
Components of the work
Leaf
composed of
paper
vellum
Guards
composed of
bone
Inscription or legends present
- Text: Vve. Garnison 281 depose
- Location: Reverse of leaf (on vellum)
- Method of creation: Signed
- Type: Signature
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: M.470-2015
Primary reference Number: 205049
Sale number: 2078
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Wednesday 5 August 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
