Memorial Fan to Frederick, Princes of Wales: M.349 & A-2015

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Titles

Memorial Fan to Frederick, Princes of Wales

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

Folding fan

Categories

Fan

Description

Memorial folding fan to Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707-1751), the eldest son of King George II and Queen Caroline. Designed with a cenotaph displaying small medallions of five preceding Princes of Wales. To the left, the Queen sits at a table holding an image of her son, and to the right the son crowned in heaven.
Paper leaf with hand coloured etching en grisaille, on plain bone sticks and guards.
In original box.

Notes

History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 971

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 1751

Components of the work

Leaf composed of paper
Sticks, Guards composed of bone

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.349 & A-2015
Primary reference Number: 204919
Sale number: 971
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Thursday 30 July 2015 Updated: Wednesday 15 May 2019

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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