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Trompe l’oeil design with a young lady dancing: P.159-2015

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Trompe l’oeil design with a young lady dancing

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Trompe l’oeil design with a young lady dancing with two gentlemen, to the left fighting on land and to the right combat at sea, an oval portrait of a naval officer, possibly Comte d’Estaing , and one of a commander of the land forces, probably Marshal Rochambeau – in three sections.

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 2159

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Allocated (2015-04) by H.M. Government

Dating

18th Century
1780 -

Note

Printed in red ink.

School or Style

French

Techniques used in production

Colour printing
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.159-2015
Primary reference Number: 210699
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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) "Trompe l’oeil design with a young lady dancing" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/210699 Accessed: 2024-11-29 00:05:16

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/210699 |title=Trompe l’oeil design with a young lady dancing |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-29 00:05:16|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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