IDENTIFIERS
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id:	204928
accession number:	M.358-2015

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Thursday 30 July 2015
updated:	Wednesday 15 May 2019

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Folding fan with a hexagon supported by angels holding a wreath of stars.  In the hexagon there is a view of a gothic castle before a townscape.  To the left two women mourn besides an urn on a pedestal.  To the right, women mourn and decorate a tomb.
There is a frieze at the top with the sun in the centre, and to the left there is a funeral, and to the right a sacrifice to the gods.  
Central scene of the Tower attached to the Palace of the Temple in Paris.  The left reserve has an urn on a pedestal, and the right with a tomb and mourners.  The border depicts classical figures.

Aquatint in brown on wood sticks.
title:	folding fan

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Lennox Boyd Estate.  Christie's no. 15


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	Lennox Boyd
creditline: Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax from the Lennox Boyd Estate

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/204928





CATEGORIES
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category: fan

DATING
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creation date:	1793 - 1793
creation date earliest:	1793
creation date latest:	1793
culture:	18th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown