Folding fan commemorating the marriage of George, Prince of Wales, and Caroline of Brunswick: M.107-2015

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Folding fan commemorating the marriage of George, Prince of Wales, and Caroline of Brunswick

Maker(s)

Entities

Folding fan

Description

Folding fan with a trompe l'oeil scene. Paper leaf with hand coloured stipple on carved, pierced and fretted ivory sticks with carved decoration, with gold paper backing.

Notes

History note: Published at Sudlows, 1795. See Christies no. Schreiber/Cust page 4. no. 14 (SE116) Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 225

Legal notes

Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax from the Lennox Boyd Estate

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Allocated (2015-04-27) by H.M. Government

Dating

18th Century
Production date: circa AD 1795

Note

This fan forms part of the collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd, allocated to the Museum by H.M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax in 2015. The collection of over 600 fans ranges in date from the 18th to the 20th centuries and in type from bejewelled and hand-painted court and wedding fans, to printed mass-produced advertising fans, aide-memoire fans, mourning fans and children’s fans.

Trompe l’oeil in French means to ‘deceive the eye’. This fan shows randomly scattered printed portraits and hand-written poems. Published by Sudlow's Fan Warehouse to celebrate the marriage of the Prince of Wales (the future George IV) to his cousin in April 1795. In addition to their portraits, there are caricature portraits, images of domestic happiness, and ironic love poems.