Battle Scene
Maker: Unknown
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
History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 367
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 1745
Leaf
composed of
paper
Sticks, Guards
composed of
bone
Guards
Sticks
Accession number: M.211 & A-2015
Primary reference Number: 204776
Sale number: 367
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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