[Hand-painted fan depicting the betrothal at the end of Henry V] [realia].
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[Hand-painted fan depicting the betrothal at the end of Henry V] [realia].
Created/published
[England], [late 18th century]
Description
1 fan : ivory and paper ; height: 26 cm
Material base
ivory paper
Note
Title devised by Folger cataloger.
George III fan, the ivory sticks are pierced and carved with miniature figures. Mount decorated with hand painted watercolour representing the betrothal at the end of Henry V; back painted with medallion of flowers in border of green leaves.
Artist identified by dealer, Gabriel Wells as "possibly the work of W. Hamilton, the famous illustrator of the Boydell Gallery Shakespeare."
George III fan, the ivory sticks are pierced and carved with miniature figures. Mount decorated with hand painted watercolour representing the betrothal at the end of Henry V; back painted with medallion of flowers in border of green leaves.
Artist identified by dealer, Gabriel Wells as "possibly the work of W. Hamilton, the famous illustrator of the Boydell Gallery Shakespeare."
Exhibited
Washington, D.C. Folger Shakespeare Library, 2016. Will and Jane: Shakespeare, Austen and the Cult of Celebrity.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Item Details
Call number
ART Inv. 1132 (realia)
Folger-specific note
Purchased through Gabriel Wells, April, 1925. Mrs. Folger is depicted holding this fan in the portrait by Frank O. Salisbury that hangs in the Old Reading Room (FPb58). Fan was mis-identified ca. 1980 as depicting the King, Imogen, Stepmother, and Posthumus from Cymbeline
Folger accession
cs1247