THE PROPERTY OF MRS. NANCY ARMSTRONG
A miniature printed fan from the Messel Collection
Details
A miniature printed fan from the Messel Collection
the leaf a hand-coloured stipple engraving of a bearded man and a boy in classical dress in a farmyard with hens and cattle by a fortified arch, inscribed B.No.1182, with wooden sticks and bone filet - 5in. (12cm.), circa 1820 - framed and glazed
the leaf a hand-coloured stipple engraving of a bearded man and a boy in classical dress in a farmyard with hens and cattle by a fortified arch, inscribed B.No.1182, with wooden sticks and bone filet - 5in. (12cm.), circa 1820 - framed and glazed
Provenance
The Messel-Rosse Collection. Given to Mrs Armstrong by The Late Anne, Countess of Rosse whose father formed the collection which is now in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge