Aurora in her chariot
Printmaker: Unknown
In centre, a woman in a chariot, against a background of cloud, holding the reigns and a lyre, beside her another woman holding a cup and a bunch of grapes, behind the sun. To left, a woman flies alongside the cloud carrying a blazing torch, to right, two women, one holding flowers, the other a scythe, far right, a tree.
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 2158
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2015-04) by H.M. Government
18th Century
1780
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Accession number: P.158-2015
Primary reference Number: 210698
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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