The Ghost
Maker: Unknown
Folding fan with paper leaf. Decorated with a stipple printed in colours after Richard Westall, on pierced and fretted wooden sticks with silver decoration.
History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 268
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 1795
Leaf
composed of
paper
Sticks
composed of
wood
Stick Decoration
composed of
silver
Accession number: M.136-2015
Primary reference Number: 204701
Sale number: 268
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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