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Garden scene with lovers: P.61-2015

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Garden scene with lovers

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Unmounted fan leaf. A garden scene. In c., an elegantly dressed couple stand hand in hand, behind them a long walkway leading to a house can be seen. To l., a couple talk in a covered bower, the woman holds a fan., far left a girl holds a miniature doll in her hands. To r., a couple sit at a table in an open stone summer-house.

Legal notes

Accepted in lieu of Inheritance Tax by H M Government from the estate of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum 2057

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Allocated (2015) by H.M. Government

Dating

18th Century
Production date: circa AD 1740

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.61-2015
Primary reference Number: 210597
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Friday 23 December 2016 Updated: Thursday 16 June 2022 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Garden scene with lovers" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/210597 Accessed: 2024-12-18 11:02:12

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