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Family group: M.77-2015

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Family group

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Paper leaf printed with a hand-coloured etching of a family group, and stencilled flowers also coloured by hand on plain wood sticks. Depicting a husband with a perfume spray, his son presenting the mother with a bouquet of flowers, whilst the nurse looks on.

Notes

History note: The Lennox Boyd Collection. Christies no. 85

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 1780

Components of the work

Leaf composed of paper
Sticks composed of wood

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.77-2015
Primary reference Number: 206717
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Thursday 20 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

Citation for print

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