Lot Essay
For further information please see Caroline Dakers' essay Clubs, cliques and collaborations: artistic friendships in Victorian London, in Session II.
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A Japanese folding autograph fan, decorated and inscribed by various artists, sculptors and writers, including Marcus Stone, R.A. (1840-1921), George Du Maurier (1834-1896), Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, R.A. (1834-1890), George Dunlop Leslie, R.A. (1835-1921), Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, O.M., R.A. (1836-1912), Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836-1911), Sir Edward John Poynter, Bt., P.R.A., R.W.S. (1836-1919), Frederic, Lord Leighton, Bt, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1830-1896), Charles S. Keene (1823-1891), Myles Birket Foster, R.W.S. (1825-1899), and others
Details
A Japanese folding autograph fan, decorated and inscribed by various artists, sculptors and writers, including Marcus Stone, R.A. (1840-1921), George Du Maurier (1834-1896), Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, R.A. (1834-1890), George Dunlop Leslie, R.A. (1835-1921), Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, O.M., R.A. (1836-1912), Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836-1911), Sir Edward John Poynter, Bt., P.R.A., R.W.S. (1836-1919), Frederic, Lord Leighton, Bt, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1830-1896), Charles S. Keene (1823-1891), Myles Birket Foster, R.W.S. (1825-1899), and others
signed, dated and the sketches signed with initials
painted in watercolour, pen and brown ink
9 in. (22.9 cm.)
signed, dated and the sketches signed with initials
painted in watercolour, pen and brown ink
9 in. (22.9 cm.)
Provenance
with The Fine Art Society, London, from whom acquired by the present owner in 1980.
Exhibited
L'Eventail à tous vents, 1989, no. 147.
Special notice
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