print;
fan
- Museum number
- 1891,0713.144
- Description
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Mounted fan-leaf, with Prince Charles Edward Stuart in armour attended by Mars and Bellona; Fame holds a laurel wreath over his head as a lion defeats a doe; Venus and Cupid at left; near them, Britannia, to whom a dove delivers an olive branch; at right, Jupiter in the clouds strikes down Envy and Discord with his thunderbolt as the family of Hanover retreats in the background. 1745
Etching, hand-coloured, mounted on pierced ivory sticks
- Production date
- 1745
- Dimensions
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Height: 265 millimetres (guard)
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Height: 165 millimetres (sheet)
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Width: 495 millimetres (sheet)
- Curator's comments
- The Schreiber catalogue entry suggested that Mars was a portrait of Cameron of Lochiel and Bellona of Flora MacDonald, but Joanne Watson (email Oct 2022) noted Prince Charles Edward Stuart did not meet Flora Macdonald until 21st June 1746 so this identification is fanciful if the dating of the print is accurate. Both figures look in any case pretty generic which would argue against them being portraits.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1987 Feb 5 - May 25, BM, 'An A-Z of P&D'
2022-23 6 Sept-22 Jan, London, BM, G90a '2 million prints: online for all'
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Jacobite Rebellion 1745
- Acquisition date
- 1891
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1891,0713.144
