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Pastoral Scene: M.102-2015

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Pastoral Scene

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Folding fan depicting a a woman dressed as a shepherdess, holding a sheep or goat on a lead. Next to her is a man dressed as a shepherd, holding a crook, with a dog at his feet.
The paper leaf has hand coloured etching on alternate stained and unstained, pierced and fretted sticks, and pierced and fretted guards.

This is an example of the fans produced after the economic collapse of France

Notes

History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 215

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 1795

Components of the work

Leaf composed of paper
Paper
Sticks, Guards
Sticks

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.102-2015
Primary reference Number: 204665
215
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Thursday 23 July 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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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Pastoral Scene" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/204665 Accessed: 2024-11-22 15:38:34

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