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Rural scene: M.92-2015

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Rural scene

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Paper leaf with a hand coloured etching. Depicting eight figures by a cottage, with elaborate haystack or box hedge, and a pergola beyond, water or river in the foreground.
On plain ivory sticks.

Notes

History note: The Lennox Boyd Collection. Christies no. 106

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 1740

School or Style

English

Components of the work

Leaf composed of paper
Sticks composed of ivory

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.92-2015
Primary reference Number: 206742
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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

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