The Eavesdropper
Engraver:
Agar, John Samuel
Publisher:
Ackermann, Rudolph
Folding fan with a scene of three girls in conversation while picking flowers in a garden, and a boy watching them from behind a classical urn. After R. Westall RA delin. Agar Sculpt. R Ackermann Execution Strand.
Hand coloured stipple engraving, on gilt painted wooden sticks and ivory filet.
History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 303
Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax from the Lennox Boyd Estate
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2015-04-27) by H.M. Government
19th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1810
Sticks
composed of
wood
gilt
Filet
composed of
ivory
Leaf
Accession number: M.410-2015
Primary reference Number: 204982
Sale number: 303
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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