Skip to main content

Fontage Fans: M.305.4-2015

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Fontage Fans

Maker(s)

Maker: Choumara

Entities

Categories

Description

One of four fontage fans. Illustrating prominent people from the French theatre, with Art Nouveau surround.
Lithography on wood sticks.

Notes

History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 2083

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 1897

School or Style

Art Nouveau

Components of the work

Sticks composed of wood
Leaf

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.305.4-2015
Primary reference Number: 209426
Sale number: 2083
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Wednesday 7 September 2016 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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Fontage Fans" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/209426 Accessed: 2024-11-21 23:12:09

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/209426 |title=Fontage Fans |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-21 23:12:09|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-209426

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...