New Roscius Country Dance Fan for 1805, a printed fan, the leaf with three oval stipple engravings of putti and child musicians and etched with a trompe l'oeil of twelve music sheets for The Young Roscius, The Humours of Dublin, Female Volunteers and other dances, with wooden sticks - 7in. (18cm.), English, 1805

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New Roscius Country Dance Fan for 1805, a printed fan, the leaf with three oval stipple engravings of putti and child musicians and etched with a trompe l'oeil of twelve music sheets for The Young Roscius, The Humours of Dublin, Female Volunteers and other dances, with wooden sticks - 7in. (18cm.), English, 1805

Lot Essay

The Young Roscius was William Henry Betty, an infant progidy actor.
The verso of the fan is inscribed In Taphouse Oxford 1902 m/-/- . Taphouse was the principal music shop in Oxford
Not in the Schreiber Collection

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