Angels and Cherubs
Angels and Cherubs
Angels and Cherubs
Angels and Cherubs
Angels and Cherubs

Image credit: Rhian Cox / The Fan Museum

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Folding fan, the sticks and guards elaborately carved and pierced, the leaf painted on the recto with a flamboyant party of winged sirens and cherubs heralding the coming of the dawn. The reverse is painted with putti holding aloft a monogram (probably that of the original owner).

The Fan Museum

London

Title

Angels and Cherubs

Date

1878

Medium

ivory & gouache on paper

Measurements

H 30.5 x W (?) cm

Accession number

HA1940

Acquisition method

purchased privately by the owner, Mrs H. E. Alexander

Work type

Watercolour

Signature/marks description

Signed and dated by the artist, Georges Clairin 1878

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