[Heraldic fan leaf] [graphic] / Ovenden sculpt.,Butcher Row.

Creator:

Ovenden, T., active 1790-1813, printmaker.

Copyright Date:

[11 February 1792]

Physical Description:

1 print : engraving in sepia on laid paper, hand-colored ; semi-circular sheet 26 x 49 cm

Related Links:

http://images.library.yale.edu/walpoleweb/oneitemg.asp?itemid=lwlpr36907

Notes:

"Enter'd at Stationers Hall"--Below imprint statement.
Accompanied by a blank sheet of laid paper, cut to same size.
For variant states "Sold by by Wm. Cock, Fan Maker to the Dutchess of York at No. 50 Pall Mall and 55 St. Pauls Church Yard", see nos. 198 and 199 in the British Museum's Shreiber Collection of Fans and Fan-Leaves.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Title from dealer's description.

Abstract:

A heraldic fan leaf, a quick ready reference designed to interpret the status of British royalty and nobility with reasonable accuracy. Presumably the fan was intended as an accessory at the theatre, pleasure gardens and and other social events. The outer row contain heraldic charges beneath which are the crowns the Prince of Wales and various lesser crowned nobility; next are 'Distinction of Houses' and examples of 'Knight of the Garter' and 'Commoner & his Lady'; next are 'Points of Escutcheon', 'Metals & Colours', 'Furrs' interspersed with how to distinguish a Bishop from and a Baronet and lastly there is a row of division of the field, very helpfully distinguishing between those men who have had 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 wives and and an heiress and possibly the future number 8.

Topics:

Heraldry.

Topics:

Ashton, Sarah. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2015049419
F. Martin & Co., publisher.

Language:

English

Genre:

Engravings--England--London--1792.
Fans (Accessories)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

792.02.11.01+

Orbis Record:

13770889

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr36907

OID:

16704462

PID:

digcoll:4679451