Physical description
A fan mount showing a map of the England and Wales.
Place of Origin
United Kingdom (made)
Date
1788 (made)
Artist/maker
Balster, T. (publisher)
Materials and Techniques
Engraving and soft-ground etching on paper, coloured by hand
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
REFERENCES / to the COUNTIES of ENGLAND and WALES
Dimensions
Height: 22 cm mounted, radius, Height: 15 cm mounted, thickness of curve, Width: 45 cm mounted
Descriptive line
The Ladies Travelling Fan, of England and Wales; United Kingdom, 1788. Engraving with map.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1938. London: The Board of Education, 1939.
The full text of the record is as follows:
'ANONYMOUS (Fan Mounts, English).
Fan mounts (19). English, c.1720-1820.
Engravings, some coloured by hand. Various sizes.
E.3177 - 3195-1938.
Given by Mr. A.K. Sabin.
The Pump Room, Bath, 1737. E.3177-1938.
The Harlot's Progress. After Hogarth. E.3178-1938.
Prints (6) relating to events in the reign of Ferdinand VII of Spain (1784-1833). E.3179 - 3184-1938.
Yorick and the monk; Lafleur and Madame de L.:, Yorick & the Glover's Wife. Illustrations to Sterne's "Sentimental Journey" 1796. (2 copies). E.3185, 3186-1938.
The Ladies Travelling Fann, of England and Wales, 1788. E.3187-1938.
Riddle-me-ree fan, 1792. E.3188, 3189-1938.
Chapel Fan, 1796. E.3190-1938.
Botanical Fan, 1792. E.3191-1938.
Bartholomew Fair, 1721. E.3192-1938.
The Rotunda, Ranelagh. E.3193-1938.
Pastoral scene. E.3194-1938.
Figure subjects. E.3195-1938.'
Exhibition History
Mapping the Imagination (Victoria and Albert Museum 03/10/2007-24/04/2008)
Labels and date
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]
Materials
Paper (fiber product)
Techniques
Engraving (printing process); Soft-ground etching
Subjects depicted
England; Wales; Map
Categories
Prints; Fashion; Accessories; Tourism & Travel; Fans; Maps
Collection code
PDP
