English folding fan with Venus and Adonis

An image of Folding fan. Venus and Adonis. Unknown maker, English. Depicting Venus and Adonis. Paper leaf with hand coloured etching with gold and glitter, on pierced and fretted ivory sticks. Circa 1750. Acquisition Credit: Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax from the Lennox Boyd Estate.

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Folding fan. Venus and Adonis. Unknown maker, English. Depicting Venus and Adonis. Paper leaf with hand coloured etching with gold and glitter, on pierced and fretted ivory sticks. Circa 1750. Acquisition Credit: Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax from the Lennox Boyd Estate.

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Accession Number: M.127-2015
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 63
Camera: GFX 50S
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 768 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 111.40kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2018:11:26 04:38:11

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