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Marlborough: M.397-2015

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Marlborough

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Folding fan after the French design 'La Mort de Monsieur Malbrouk'. Depicting the Duke of Marlborough taking leave of his wife. The left reserve with a messenger arriving with the news, and the right showing the tomb. The reverse with sheet music and verses for 'The Celebrated Marlborough Song', translated from the French.
Hand coloured etching on pierced bone sticks and guards.

Lacking some part guards and sticks.

Notes

History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 237

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 1780

Components of the work

Sticks composed of bone
Leaf

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.397-2015
Primary reference Number: 204969
Sale number: 237
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Monday 3 August 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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