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1812 Patria 1820': M.373-2015

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

1812 Patria 1820'

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Folding fan. Designed with allegories of Spain and the Americas shaking hands over an altar upon which '12 Patria 1820' is written. Ships at sea to the left, fighting, rioting, and a burning building to the right.
Aquatint and hand coloured stipple engraving on pierced ivory sticks with tortoiseshell filet. English leaf with French sticks.

Notes

History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 62

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

19th Century
Production date: circa AD 1820

Components of the work

Filet composed of tortoise shell
Sticks composed of ivory
Leaf

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.373-2015
Primary reference Number: 204943
62
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Friday 31 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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