Fan

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

Benjamin West (Painter)

Title

Fan

Place

England (Object made in:)

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Made 1775–1800

Medium

Ivory guards and sticks, carved; paper mount, painted; gold leaf; metal pin with mother-of-pearl

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"

Dimensions

28.8 × 50.4 cm (11 1/4 × 19 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Antiquarian Society

Reference Number

1891.94

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