Research Catalog

Title

Conundrum fan.

Author

Ashton, Sarah, active 1792-1798

Publication

[London] : Design'd & published by S. Ashton, 28 Little Britain, Feb.y 6 1794.

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Additional Authors

Ashton, Sarah, active 1792-1798

Description

1 semi-circular fan : ill. (hand col.); 26 x 45 cm. (unfolded)

Summary

"The fan divided into five spaces by four columns connected by festoons; between the columns figures and inscriptions with conundrums, riddles, etc.; in the centre a small figure of a man reading an inscription on a pedestal, commencing, though the letters are intentionally wrongly spaced, 'Heroes and Statesmen'; on the column a figure of Time and behind it a dead tree, over which floats a figure of Fame, bearing a small medallion portrait of Shakespeare." -- Cust.

Subjects

• Fans > Specimens
• Riddles

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Indexed In (note)

• Cust, L. Catalogue of the collection of fans and fan-leaves presented to the trustees of The British Museum

Call Number

*Pforz

OCLC

823766709

Author

Ashton, Sarah, active 1792-1798, designer.

Title

Conundrum fan.

Imprint

[London] : Design'd & published by S. Ashton, 28 Little Britain, Feb.y 6 1794.

Indexed In:

Cust, L. Catalogue of the collection of fans and fan-leaves presented to the trustees of The British Museum, p. 97

Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Local Note

Pforzheimer copy: From the collection of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, with her penciled catalog number 4884 on the verso. -- Housed in a box with the Mountcashell-Tighe miniature portraits.

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Added Author

Ashton, Sarah, active 1792-1798, publisher.

Schreiber, Charlotte, Lady, 1812-1895, former owner.

Research Call Number

*Pforz