Lot Essay
Not in the Schreiber Collection. A similar fan in the Schreiber collection, SM.11, lacks the poems and has with the exception of the Duchess of York's fancy different dances
Details
The Duchess of York's fan, a printed fan, the leaf etched with music and steps of thirteen dances, including Miss Bentick's fancy, and poems, and with a stipple engraved portrait of the Duchess of York, with bone sticks - 9.5in. (24cm.), English, circa 1791 (lacks half upper guardstick)