The Map of Affections , a rare brise fan painted with an allegorical chart of an imaginary continent with seas, rivers and towns named Lake of Indiference, river of Inclination, Small Cares etc., and heightened in gold, the guardsticks carved with Harlequin and flowers - 9.5in., English, circa 1740

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The Map of Affections , a rare brise fan painted with an allegorical chart of an imaginary continent with seas, rivers and towns named Lake of Indiference, river of Inclination, Small Cares etc., and heightened in gold, the guardsticks carved with Harlequin and flowers - 9.5in., English, circa 1740

See colour plate 13

Lot Essay

Christie's South Kensington sold an 18th century English printed fan of this subject, lot 100, September 19, 1989 and there are two printed versions in French in the Schreiber Collection collection, nos.232 and 233 p. 103.

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