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Battle Scene: M.211 & A-2015

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Battle Scene

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Folding fan with a battle scene. Depicting wounded men, and two horsemen battling hand to hand.
Paper leaves with hand coloured etchings, on painted bone sticks and pierced and carved guards. Sticks circa 1790, lacking guard.
With box

Notes

History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 367

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 1745

Components of the work

Leaf composed of paper
Sticks, Guards composed of bone
Guards
Sticks

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.211 & A-2015
Primary reference Number: 204776
Sale number: 367
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Audit data

Created: Monday 27 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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