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Folding fan: M.247-1985

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Double paper leaf lithographed, painted in watercolour and gilded. Sticks of bone and lithographed paper; guards of pierced, carved and gilded bone with applications of painted brass, enamel and mirror (15+2). Rivet of brass, washer of mother of pearl and loop of stamped brass. The front has a central coloured print of the Escorial; the reverse shows the bride and groom and two other portraits and the Queen's coat of arms.

Notes

History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)

Legal notes

Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne

Dating

19th Century, Mid#
Production date: AD 1846 : This marriage fan shows Queen Isabella II of Spain on the occasion of her wedding to her cousin, Francisco de Asis de Bourbon (1822-1902). Isabella II (b.10th Oct. 1830, Madrid, d. 9th April, 1904, Paris), Queen of Spain (1833-68), was the elder daughter of King Ferdinand VII by his fourth wife and niece, Maria Cristina of Naples, and was proclaimed Queen on her father's death in 1833, aged 3. She and her cousin, Francisco, were married by the Archbishop of Toledo.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Leaf composed of paper
Leaf, Sticks, Guards composed of gilt
Sticks, Guards composed of bone
Brass composed of paint
Washer composed of mother-of-pearl
Rivet composed of brass (alloy)
Guards Length 28.1 cm

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Enamel
Mirror

Techniques used in production

Painting
Enamelling
Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.247-1985
Primary reference Number: 117832
Old catalogue number: DR 11/163
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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