Mostly mid-eighteenth century, some with contemporary cases. The finest example is a chicken-skin leaf painted with Alexander and Diogenes, the reverse with villas in a landscape, signed F P Valori, Rome, 1740. Part of a gift to five museums by Richmond Inglis Cochrane through the Art Fund between 1995 and 1997.
More information
Title of artwork, date
Collection of Fans, 1740–1780
Date supported
1996
Medium and material
Includes chicken-skin leaf
Gifted by
Richmond Inglis Cochrane Collection
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