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The Ladies Travelling Fan, of England and Wales

Fan Mount
1788 (made)
Artist/Maker
Balster, T. (publisher)
Place of origin
United Kingdom (made)

This unfinished fan mount has a wrap-around map of England and Wales and includes a list of counties. England led the way in the 18th century in the sale and export of printed souvenir fans. They reproduced subjects such as commemorative or topical events, games or useful facts.


Object details

Categories
Accessories
Prints
Tourism & Travel
Fashion
Maps
Fans
Europeana Fashion Project
Object type
Fan mount
TitleThe Ladies Travelling Fan, of England and Wales (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Engraving and soft-ground etching on paper, coloured by hand
Paper (Fiber Product)
Engraving (Printing Process)
Soft-Ground Etching
Brief description
'The Ladies Travelling Fann [sic]', map of England and Wales printed for a fan leaf; United Kingdom, 1788. Hand-coloured etching.
Physical description
A fan mount showing a map of the England and Wales.
Dimensions
  • Mounted, radius height: 22cm
  • Mounted, thickness of curve height: 15cm
  • Mounted width: 45cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • The Ladies / TRAVELLING FANN, / of ENGLAND and WALES / Exhibiting all the Principal / Roads, Rivers, Market & Post / Towns, with their distance from / LONDON / Pubd Sepr:13, 1788, by J. Balster (in cartouche top centre; 'The Ladies' in italics)
  • REFERENCES / to the COUNTIES of ENGLAND and WALES (bottom right, title of table listing counties as numbered on map, from southwest across and continuing in strips left to right)
Gallery label
This unfinished fan mount has a wrap-around map of England and Wales and includes a list of counties. England led the way in the eighteenth century in the sale and export of printed souvenir fans. They reproduced commemorative or topical events, games or useful facts.(2007)
Credit line
Given by Mr A. K. Sabin
Subject depicted
Map
Places depicted
England
Wales
Summary
This unfinished fan mount has a wrap-around map of England and Wales and includes a list of counties. England led the way in the 18th century in the sale and export of printed souvenir fans. They reproduced subjects such as commemorative or topical events, games or useful facts.
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1938. London: The Board of Education, 1939.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3187-1938

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Record createdMarch 20, 2007
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O133290/the-ladies-travelling-fan-of-fan-mount-balster-t/
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