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Fan leaf
English
about 1795
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Paper; hand-colored
Dimensions
54.3 x 28.3 cm (21 3/8 x 11 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Oldham Collection
Accession Number1976.548
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionUnmounted double paper fan leaf. Stipple engraved and hand colored medallion with portrait of Charles James Fox, two cupids with laurel wreath above, vegetative scrollwork motif to sides and below, inscribed "Let Envy rail and Difappointment rage / Still Fox fhall prove the Wonder of the Age. / Triumph and Fame fhall every Step attend / His Kings beft Subject, and his Countrys Friend."