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History of the Fan

by G. Woolliscroft Rhead

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Illustrations in Half-Tone

28.LE BAL D’AMOURS. H.R.H. Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll 2
29.HOMMAGES OFFERED TO MADAME DE POMPADOUR. Mrs. Bruce-Johnston 6
30.EGYPTIAN FAN HANDLES. British Museum 14
31.TERRA-COTTA STATUETTES 28
32.AN EASTERN POTENTATE TAKING TEA. Mrs. Hungerford Pollen 33
33.INDIAN FLY-WHISKS AND PEACOCK EMBLEM OF ROYALTY. India Museum 38
34.LARGE HAND-FAN OF SANDALWOOD. Mrs. Hungerford Pollen 41
35.FLAG AND PALM-LEAF FANS. India Museum 42
36.CHINESE FAN. Filigree and Enamel. Victoria and Albert Museum 48
37.HAND-SCREEN, Front and Reverse. Mr. Wilson Crewdson 50
38.LACQUERED FAN. Lady Northcliffe 54
CARVED IVORY FAN WITH THE NAME ANGELA. Mr. W. Burdett-Coutts, M.P.54
39.CHINESE FAN WITH IVORY MINIATURES. Mr. W. Burdett-Coutts, M.P.56
40.CHINESE FEATHER-FAN (ARGUS PHEASANT) WITH CASE. Victoria and Albert Museum 59
41.NETSUKI (DAI TENGU). Mr. W. L. Behrens 60
CAMP-FAN OF EAGLE FEATHERS. Mr. L. C. R. Messel 60
DAGGER-FAN. Mr. W. L. Behrens 60
42.SUYE HIRO OGI (Wide End) Open and Closed. Mr. W. Harding Smith 63
43.AKOMÉ OGI (COURT-FAN). Mr. Wilson Crewdson 64
WAR FAN (GUN SEN). Mr. W. Harding Smith 64
44.FOUR WAR FANS (GUMBAI UCHIWA). Mr. L. C. R. Messel, Mr. W. Harding Smith, Mr. W. L. Behrens 69
45.WAR FANS (GUN SEN). Mr. L. C. R. Messel and Mr. W. Harding Smith 72
46.MODERN JAPANESE FANS. Ivory with Gilt Lacquer and Painted Fan signed ‘Kunihisa.’ Mr. M. Tomkinson 74
47.THREE CHŪKEI. Mr. L. C. R. Messel 76
48.PALM-LEAF AND HIDE FANS. British Museum 77
49.PALM FANS, COCKADE INSCRIPTION FAN, FLY-WHISKS (TAHITI), AND NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN FAN. British Museum 82
50.THE TOURNAMENT. By A. Moreau. Victoria and Albert Museum 87
51.FLABELLUM OF TOURNUS. Museo Nazionale, FlorenceFacing each other
between pages
90 and 91
52.FLAB”ELLUO”FTOU”NUSxxxDetails
53.IVORY FAN AND FLABELLA HANDLES. British Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum 92
54.FAN OF QUEEN THEODOLINDA. Cathedral of Monza 96
55.COPTIC FLAG-FANS. Königl. Museum, Berlin 98
56.QUEEN ANNE FEATHER-SCREEN. Mr. L. C. R. Messel 102
57.DÉCOUPÉ FAN. Musée de Cluny 109
58.FAN OF MICA. Mr. L. C. R. Messel 110
59.VENUS AND ADONIS. By Leonardo Germo. Wyatt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum 114
60.AN EMBARCATION. Mrs. Hamilton Smythe 116
CUPID’S HIVE. The Dowager Marchioness of Bristol 116
61.THE TRIUMPH OF BACCHUS. Lady Northcliffe 118
BACCHUS AND ARIADNE. Lady Northcliffe 118
62.THE MARRIAGE OF CUPID AND PSYCHE. Mr. Frank Falkner 121
63.A SACRIFICE. Mrs. Bruce-Johnston. Facing the Colour Plate of Bacchus and AriadneBetween pages
122 and 123
64.RINALDO IN THE GARDEN OF ARMIDA. Miss Moss 129
CAPTURE OF THE BALEARIC ISLANDS. Mr. L. C. R. Messel 129
65.BETROTHAL OF LOUIS XVI. WITH MARIE-ANTOINETTE. Mrs. Frank W. Gibson (Eugénie Joachim)130
66.SPANGLED FAN. Spanish. Mr. Talbot Hughes 136
FÊTE DE L’AGRICULTURE, Mr. L. C. R. Messel 136
67.LA DANSE, AND PASTORELLE. Duchess of Portland 141
68.PASTORELLE, AFTER LANCRET. H.R.H. Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll 144
69.ACTÆON FAN. Musée de Cluny 146
70.CEPHALUS AND AURORA. Mrs. Bischoffsheim 148
VERNIS MARTIN. Mrs. F. R. Palmer 148
71.A PASTORELLE, WITH TWO PORTRAIT MEDALLIONS. Wyatt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum 150
72.THE PARTING OF HELEN AND ANDROMACHE. The Dowager Marchioness
of Bristol
153
73.BATTOIR FAN. The Dowager Marchioness of Bristol 154
74.FÊTE CHAMPÊTRE. ‘Vernis Martin.’ Wyatt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum 156
75.BELSHAZZAR’S FEAST. Metropolitan Museum, New York 160
76.BUILDING OF THE PLACE LOUIS XV. The Dowager Marchioness of Bristol 162
77.DIDO AND ÆNEAS. Reverse. Mrs. Bischoffsheim. Facing the Colour Plate of same FanBetween pages
162 and 163
78.‘CABRIOLET’ FAN. The Dowager Marchioness of BristolFacing each other
between pages
164 and 165
79.‘CABRI”OLET’ F”AN. The Do”wager Marchioness”
80.WEDDING FAN. The Countess of BradfordFacing each other
between pages
166 and 167
81.WED”DING F”ANLady Lindsay
82.STICK OF MARIE-ANTOINETTE FAN. Musée du Louvre 169
83.SANS GÊNE AND EMPIRE FANS. Mr. L. C. R. Messel. Facing Colour Plate of Directoire and Sans Gêne FansBetween pages
170 and 171
84.‘LORGNETTE’ FANS. Mr. L. C. R. Messel 173
85.SPANGLED GAUZE FANS. Mr. L. C. R. Messel 175
86.A LONDON FAN SHOP. Mr. L. C. R. Messel 178
THE SURRENDER OF MALTA. Mrs. Hungerford Pollen 178
87.FÊTES ON THE OCCASION OF THE MARRIAGE OF THE DAUPHIN. Wyatt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum 180
ENGLISH FAN. THE VISIT. Collection of Baroness Meyer de Rothschild 180
88.ENGLISH FAN WITH MEDALLIONS AFTER COSWAY. Wyatt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum 182
89.IVORY EMPIRE FAN. Lady Northcliffe 184
SPANGLED FAN WITH PAINTED MEDALLIONS. Mrs. Frank W. Gibson 184
90.WEDDING FAN. Mrs. Hawkins 186
ST. PETER’S, ROME. By J. Goupy. Dr. Law Adam 186
91.EARLY DUTCH FAN. The Dowager Marchioness of Bristol 190
92.ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. Dutch. Miss MossFacing each other
between pages
192 and 193
93.AN EMBARCATION. Dutch. M. J. Duvelleroy
94.DUTCH FAN WITH HEAD ON STICK. Sir L. Alma-Tadema, O.M., R.A.194
95.AN OFFERING TO CERES. H.R.H. Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll 196
96.DUTCH FAN (DÉCOUPÉ). Mrs. Davies-Gilbert
198
DUTCH FAN WITH ‘PAGODA’ STICK. Mr. L. C. R. Messel 198
97.MEDALLION FAN. German. Given by H.R.H. The Duke of Coburg to H.R.H. The Princess Victoria, H.R.H. Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll 200
98.GERMAN FAN. Given by H.R.H. The Prince Consort to Queen Victoria 200
GER”MAN F”A Landesgewerbe Museum, Stuttgart 200
99.TWO GERMAN FANS. Kunstgewerbe Museum, Berlin 202
100.ENGRAVED HAND-SCREEN. A. Carracci. Schreiber Collection, British Museum 204
ENGRAVED HAND-SCREEN.C. F. Hörman.Schr”eiber Colle”ction, Bri”tish 204
101.FÊTE ON THE ARNO, ‘ÉVENTAIL DE CALLOT.’ British Museum 206
102.GROTESQUE FAN, STYLE OF CALLOT. Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris 208
103.THE FOUR AGES. Abraham Bosse 210
104.TITLE-PAGE. Nicholas Loire. Schreiber Collection, British Museum 212
LA COQUETTE. Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris 212
105.TAKING OF THE BASTILLE. Schreiber Collection, British Museum 214
DUC D’ORLEANS. Miss Moss 214
106.ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE-TRADE. Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris 222
‘CABRIOLET’ FAN. Schreiber Collection, British Museum 222
107.NAPOLEON SHOWS HIS TROOPS THE CHANNEL. Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris 224
108.PROJECTED INVASION OF ENGLAND, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris 226
109.MARRIAGE OF NAPOLEON. Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris 228
ADVENTURE IN RUSSIA. Schreiber Collection, British Museum 228
110.A NEW GAME OF PIQUET. Schreiber Collection, British Museum 232
111.THE MOTION. Schreiber Collection, British Museum 236
THE NEW NASSAU FAN. Schreiber Collection, British Museum 236
112.THE HARLOT’S PROGRESS. Mr. C. Fairfax Murray 238
113.VISIT OF GEORGE III. TO THE ROYAL ACADEMY. Mr. F. Perigal 246
114.MR. THOMAS OSBORNE’S DUCK-HUNTING. Schreiber Collection, British Museum 252
115.THE TRIAL OF WARREN HASTINGS. Mr. W. Burdett-Coutts, M.P.258
THE PARADES OF BATH. Mr. W. Burdett-Coutts, M.P.258
116.A TRIP TO GRETNA. Schreiber Collection, British Museum 264
‘BARTOLOZZI’ FAN. Mrs. Frank W. Gibson (Eugénie Joachim)264
117.MISS CHARLOTTE YONGE’S FAN. Miss Moss 274
FAN OF ASSES’ SKIN. Miss Moss 274
118.PAINTED IVORY BRISÉ FAN. Mr. Leopold de Rothschild, C.V.O.276
PORTUGUESE FAN. Mr. J. H. Etherington-Smith 276
119.LACE MOUNT. Youghal Co-operative Lace Society 278
AN ENTOMOLOGIST. Countess Granville 278
120.COCKS AND HENS. Claudius Popelin. Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris 282
121.AUTOGRAPH FAN. Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, O.M., R.A.284
AUTO”GRAPH F”A Japanese. Mr. Frank Brangwyn, A.R.A.284
122.LACE FAN PRESENTED TO QUEEN ALEXANDRA FOR USE AT CORONATION. Her Majesty the Queen 286
123.FEATHER-FAN. H.R.H. The Princess of Wales 289
124.THE MEET. By Charles Detaille. M. J, Duvelleroy 290
125.LACE FAN. By Alexandre. Victoria and Albert MuseumTo face each other
between pages
292 and 294
126.LACE FAN. M. J. Duvelleroy
127.DESIGN FOR FAN. By Frank Brangwyn, A.R.A.298
A GARLAND OF CHILDREN. By G. Woolliscroft Rhead 298

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