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Elegant Couple: M.242-2015

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Elegant Couple

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Folding fan depicting an elegant couple, playing the shepherd and shepherdess.
Paper leaf with hand coloured etching on shaped bone or ivory sticks and guards.

Notes

History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 409

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 1740

Components of the work

Sticks, Guards composed of ivory ( or bone)
Leaf composed of paper

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.242-2015
Primary reference Number: 204806
Sale number: 409
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 28 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) "Elegant Couple" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/204806 Accessed: 2024-11-24 11:09:11

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