About this artwork
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Artist
- Benjamin West (Painter)
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Title
- Fan
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Origin
- England
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Date
- Made 1775–1800
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Medium
- Ivory guards and sticks, carved; paper mount, painted; gold leaf; metal pin with mother-of-pearl
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Inscriptions
- Marks: WLB ( in ink on guard); inscription (on reverse): "Painted by Benjamin West and presented to Frances Norton, London, in June / W.L. Baylor of Caroline Co. Virgina"
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Dimensions
- 28.8 × 50.4 cm (11 1/4 × 19 2/3 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of the Antiquarian Society
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Reference Number
- 1891.94
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