Rare Books

Fan : Oracle

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Description: Folding paper fan, mounted on wooden sticks. Fan etched and hand-colored with a wheel of fortune in center, above which are two winged figures in the clouds; a series of panels in floral frames containing questions and examples as to foretelling the future; on the verso, symbols of the different deities and verses illustrating the various rings of fortune.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1790
Call number: 603579
Provenance: Purchased at Lawrences Auctioneers (Crewkerne), part of lot #857, Oct. 9, 2012.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Fragile. Cannot be paged, imaged or reproduced without curatorial review. Use of original may require special handling instructions and extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions: Guard: 25 cm (9 1/2 in.) ; Maximum open: 43 cm (17 in.)
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Fan : The ladies telegraph, for corresponding at a distance

Rare Books

Folding paper fan, mounted on bone sticks decorated in silver, guardsticks hand-painted with flower sprays.

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Fan with illustration of four Lewes children [realia]

Visual Materials

A folding fan made of fabric and mounted on wooden sticks. Fan includes hand-painted details illustrating a scene of four children walking hand-in-hand. The fan is layered with black fabric on both recto and verso; the recto's top layer of black fabric was cut out into outlines of the children's profiles, revealing a silk layer of fabric underneath that was then hand-painted with varying colors and details. The first child is shown in profile, holding a reticule in hand while leading the other three children who follow. Provenance from the donor suggests that the children depicted are George Henry Lewes's children with his wife Agnes Jervis; based on the family history, however, the children depicted are likely that of Agnes Jervis's with later-partner Thornton Leigh Hunt, as George Henry Lewes did not have any daughters. The approximate date of the item is based on the birth dates of the children.

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Fan : A bill of fare for a wedding dinner

Rare Books

Engraved fan comprising one large oval and two crescent-shaped compartments, containing circles, ovals, etc., arranged as dishes on a table, each bearing an inscription in riddle form, for example "Melancholy Soup with Crooked Sauce", "Part of the Zodiac Butterd", "Pride Reversed in a Pye", "The Divine Part of a Man Boiled", etc., above a scroll with title inscription, on either side a cupid in a medallion, with doves, flowers, etc. Folding paper fan, mounted on wooden sticks.

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The review of reviews : June

Visual Materials

Image of an advertisement for the Review of Reviews June 1895 issue featuring the crab constellation Cancer amidst other stars shining above a planet with continents and rings; decorative border made up of crabs and Cancer zodiac symbols.

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