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print
;
fan
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hand-screen
Object Type
print
fan
hand-screen
Museum number
1892,0817.29
Description
Handscreen in the shape of a spade with hand-painted peacock feathers and in the centre a medallion with a young man embracing a young woman, who holds up her apron full of flowers in her left hand and with her right hand holds a rose in the air; on the reverse classical-inspired ornament on a yellow ground Etching, hand-coloured, with a plain wooden handle
Producer name
Print made by:
Anonymous
School/style
French
Production date
1790-1840
(?)
Materials
paper
wood
Technique
etching
hand-coloured
Dimensions
Height:
234 millimetres
(handle)
Height:
271 millimetres
(max)
Width:
214 millimetres
(max)
Bibliographic references
Schreiber / Catalogue of the collection of fans and fan-leaves presented to the British Museum by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
(187 mounted)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
flower
love (allegorical)
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Acquisition date
1892
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1892,0817.29