Current Location: In storage
Titles
Folding fan with Gloria Prosperidad (Glory and Prosperity)
Maker(s)
Maker:
Unknown
(Possibly)
Entities
Categories
Description
Paper leaf with a hand coloured etching of Spaniards dancing around a statue. On plain wooden sticks and guards inlaid with bone.
Notes
History note: The Lennox Boyd Collection. Christies no. 80
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
1830
CE
-
Circa
1840
CE
Note
As a result of the French Revolution a number of fan makers moved to Spain where they continued to work in a French style. The scene probably shows a political allegory, but its precise meaning is difficult to decipher as the inscription on the base of the statue has been obscured by a piece of paper. A transmitted-light image helped us visualise the text.
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.
School or Style
French
Components of the work
Leaf
composed of
paper
Sticks
composed of
wood
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: M.74-2015
Primary reference Number: 206714
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Thursday 20 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
