Details
Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette
The New Puzzle Fan, a printed fan, the leaf an etching printed in sea-green and partly hand-coloured with a clump of trees, among the trunks on the left may be discovered the profiles of King George III and Queen Charlotte and on the right those of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette, published 1 March 1794 by Stokes, Scott & Croskey, 19 Friday Street, with pierced bone sticks - 9,5in. (24 cm.), English, 1794 (lower guardstick stuck to next stick, repair to other guardstick)
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The New Puzzle Fan, a printed fan, the leaf an etching printed in sea-green and partly hand-coloured with a clump of trees, among the trunks on the left may be discovered the profiles of King George III and Queen Charlotte and on the right those of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette, published 1 March 1794 by Stokes, Scott & Croskey, 19 Friday Street, with pierced bone sticks - 9,5in. (24 cm.), English, 1794 (lower guardstick stuck to next stick, repair to other guardstick)
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Provenance
Great Grandson of Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Sold Christie's South Kensington, 4 December, 2001, lot 43
Sold Christie's South Kensington, 4 December, 2001, lot 43
Literature
S.M. 329 p.63
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium