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Cleopatra: M.398-2015

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Titles

Cleopatra

Maker(s)

Maker: Burney, Edward Francis
Maker: Agar, John Samuel

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Description

Folding fan. Depicting the bare breasted Queen seated on a winged lion dais, accepting a cup from an enslaved Nubian, with an attendant behind her. Signed Burney delt. Agar Sculpt.
Hand coloured stipple engraving on pierced ivory sticks.

Notes

History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 238

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 1810

Components of the work

Sticks composed of ivory
Leaf

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.398-2015
Primary reference Number: 204970
Sale number: 238

Audit data

Created: Monday 3 August 2015 Updated: Monday 1 June 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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