The Three Faces of Eve
Maker: Unknown
Framed pre-Raphaelite folding fan. With three portraits of the Spencer and Stanhope families, designed with apple trees and a serpent curling around the tree trunks in the reserves. The reverse with armorials.
Painted, on wooden sticks with cut steel decoration.
History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 208
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 1870
Sticks
composed of
wood
Leaf
composed of
paint
Decoration
composed of
steel
Accession number: M.424-2015
Primary reference Number: 204996
Sale number: 208
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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