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Fan leaf: Apollo endeavouring to comfort Cyparissus: PD.229-2015

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Fan leaf: Apollo endeavouring to comfort Cyparissus

Maker(s)

British School

Entities

Categories

Description

An unmounted fan leaf

Notes

History note: Folio Fine Art Ltd. (stock no. D 6823/I)

Legal notes

Accepted in lieu of Inheritance Tax by HM Government from the estate of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum, 2015

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Allocated (2015) by H.M. Government

Dating

18th Century
Production date: 19 December AD 1784

Note

Forms a pair with PD.230-2015, by the same hand.

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour over graphite on paper

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.229-2015
Primary reference Number: 280255
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 2 February 2021 Updated: Thursday 26 January 2023 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Fan leaf: Apollo endeavouring to comfort Cyparissus" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/280255 Accessed: 2024-11-25 08:18:02

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