27th Jun, 2019 11:30 GMT/BST

The Fan Collection

 
Lot 2028
 

2028

The Royal Family Visiting Paris: A Rare circa 1789 Printed Fan, of the French Revolutionary period

The Royal Family Visiting Paris: A Rare circa 1789 Printed Fan, of the French Revolutionary period, the double paper leaf mounted on plain wooden sticks, a central hand coloured engraving showing the arrival by carriage of the Royal Family, guards in attendance as they passed through the streets. The side vignettes, bordered in yellow, contain four verses of the song "Ma Doris un Jour s'Egara". 
Guard length 11 inches or 28cm
 
Information from France suggests that the depiction is of the family of Louis XVI being forcibly removed from Versailles on 5th and 6th October 1789, never to return
 
Not in the Schreiber collection and not in the 1973 exhibition at the Musée Carnavalet

Sold for £400
Estimated at £400 - £600


 

. Slightly warped, some light discoloration to the recto and some darker marks to the verso.

 


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Auction: The Fan Collection, 27th Jun, 2019

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