Maker: Unknown
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.
History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
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.
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
Painting
Enamelling
Lithography
Accession number: M.247-1985
Primary reference Number: 117832
Old catalogue number: DR 11/163
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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