Commemorative fan of a painted engraving after Pietro Antonio Martini and carved ivory sticks, 1789-90, British
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1789-90
Fan with leaves of engraved and hand-coloured paper, with carved and pierced ivory sticks and guards. The engraving depicts King George III and the Royal Family attending the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 1788.
Floral decoration frames the scene to left and right, trailing into the top edge, and the fan has strips of gilded paper at its edges. The guards are decorated with an urn and flowers. The fan's maker was Antonio Poggi, who worked in London from 1776 to 1799. The fan is a version of a print by Pietro Antonia Martini, taken from a painting by Johann Heinrich Ramberg (1763-1840), of the King and Queen and their children at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 1788.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Length 22.5 cm; Width 1.5 cm closed; Width 38.4 cm open; Depth 3.0 cm
- Materials and techniques
- Engraved and hand-coloured paper, with carved and pierced ivory sticks and guards
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- Great Britain
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O87218
- Museum object number
- T.56-1933
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
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