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Fan
Fan

Fan

1792
Object PlaceLondon, England
Medium/TechniquePaper leaf etched, engraved and painted in watercolor; ivory sticks; mother-of-pearl
DimensionsGuard: 25 cm (9 13/16 in.); maximum open: 46 cm (18 1/8 in.); arc: 155°
Credit LineOldham Collection
Accession number1976.178
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
InscriptionsPublished as the Act directs, July 21, 1792, by Sarah Ashton, No.28 Little Britain, London.ProvenanceBefore 1976: collection DeWitt Clinton Cohen; by 1976: collection Esther Oldham; gift of Esther Oldham to the MFA, June 9, 1976.
Fan
about 1740
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1730–40
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1740s
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1780s
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1795–1800
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1789–92
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about 1790
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1805–10
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Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez
about 1750