The Soothsayer Oh wretched Fortune
Publisher: Gamble, Martha
Paper leaf with a hand coloured etching. On shaped ivory sticks and guards with painted and varnished decoration. Leaf reduced.
History note: The Lennox Boyd Collection. Christies no. 108
Accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax from The Lennox Boyd Estate
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2015-04-27) by H.M. Government
18th Century
Production date:
AD 1741
Leaf
composed of
paper
Sticks, Guards
composed of
paint
ivory
Accession number: M.93-2015
Primary reference Number: 206743
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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