Skip to main content

A pastoral scene: M.88 & A-2015

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

A pastoral scene

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Paper leaf with a hand-coloured etching. To the left are a man and woman by a fence and two trees, in the centre two trees and a tower, to the right a piping boy by a fence. In the foreground is a tiny dancing dog.
On plain bone sticks. With box.

Notes

History note: The Lennox Boyd Collection. Christies no. 100

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 1770

School or Style

English

Components of the work

Leaf composed of paper
Sticks composed of bone

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.88 & A-2015
Primary reference Number: 206738
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Thursday 27 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

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "A pastoral scene" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/206738 Accessed: 2024-11-20 17:22:55

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/206738 |title=A pastoral scene |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-20 17:22:55|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-206738

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...