Three Children Playing
Maker: Unknown
Folding fan, depicting three children playing Blind Man's Buff.
Paper leaf with an applied stipple printed in colours, against a hand painted background, flanked by two applied and painted silk medallions. On carved and pierced ivory sticks and guards.
History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 249
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:
circa
AD 1790
At some point in its history, the guard was broken and repaired using nylon fish wire.
This fan forms part of the collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd, allocated to the Museum by H.M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax in 2015. The collection of over 600 fans ranges in date from the 18th to the 20th centuries and in type from bejewelled and hand-painted court and wedding fans, to printed mass-produced advertising fans, aide-memoire fans, mourning fans and children’s fans.
Leaf
composed of
paper
Medallions
composed of
silk
Sticks, Guards
composed of
ivory
Background
Accession number: M.123-2015
Primary reference Number: 204687
Sale number: 249
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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