Pastoral Scene
Maker: Unknown
Folding fan with a pastoral scene. Depicting a shepherdess and Cupid with a landscape background. To the right, a gentleman is proposing to a shepherdess by a formal pond.
Paper leaf with hand coloured etching on shaped bone sticks.
History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 416
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
composed of
bone
Accession number: M.249-2015
Primary reference Number: 204813
Sale number: 416
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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