Lot 120
120
View of the Telegraph erected on the Admiralty Office, a printed fan, the leaf etched with a view of the Telegraph with a disabled Lieutenant that attends signals, a Midshipman that looks out to the next telegraph and a Foremastman that attends the ropes, with sixteen diagrams, key and instructions, published, July 1, 1796, with wooden sticks - 10in. (25cm.), English, 1796
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View of the Telegraph erected on the Admiralty Office, a printed fan, the leaf etched with a view of the Telegraph with a disabled Lieutenant that attends signals, a Midshipman that looks out to the next telegraph and a Foremastman that attends the ropes, with sixteen diagrams, key and instructions, published, July 1, 1796, with wooden sticks - 10in. (25cm.), English, 1796

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View of the Telegraph erected on the Admiralty Office, a printed fan, the leaf etched with a view of the Telegraph with a disabled Lieutenant that attends signals, a Midshipman that looks out to the next telegraph and a Foremastman that attends the ropes, with sixteen diagrams, key and instructions, published, July 1, 1796, with wooden sticks - 10in. (25cm.), English, 1796
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Provenance
The Martin Willcocks Collection
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

Not in the Schreiber collection
Two examples of this fan were sold at Christie's, 14 July 1969, lot 75 and at CSK 17 May 1979 lot 106, see Susan Mayor, Collecting Fans, Studio Vista, 1980, p.59

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