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Lady with a veil and feather fan: 31.I.4-68

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Lady with a veil and feather fan
Ornatus Muliebris Anglicanus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hollar, Wenceslaus

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Description

No.15 from a numbered set of 26 full-length figures of gentlewomen, with a title page. This set comprises 16 plates (including the title page) printed on eight sheets.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

17th Century
Production date: AD 1640

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: 31.I.4-68
Primary reference Number: 215691
Pennington: 1792 i/ii
New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 308 i/ii

Audit data

Created: Wednesday 29 March 2017 Updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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