Face screen
Category
Costume
Date
circa 1810
Materials
Cardboard and paper
Measurements
183 x 235 x 2 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 610026
Summary
Hand held face screen, flat octagonal board with scalloped edges (missing its handle). Colour-washed print of young lady with two children on a see-saw to centre field against a pink ground. Black line border and applied gilt paper spandels. Red morocco paper back. Made in England or France, circa 1810.
Provenance
Attingham collection; bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
Marks and inscriptions
Indecipherable inscription in pencil below print.