Fan Collection (#24)

Members of the cast of Amasis, c1906. Artist: Rotary Photo
Members of the cast of Amasis, c1906. Rutland Barrington as Amasis IX, and his fan bearers. Amasis is a musical comedy by Philip Michael Faraday and Frederick Fenn, set in Ancient Egypt

Costume of a Chinese lady, 1838. Artist: JJ Penstone
Costume of a Chinese lady, 1838

The Maniac, 18th or 19th century (1886). From a sketch by Hokusai (1759-1848), engraved by the Hokusai gwa-fu. A print from The Pictorial Arts of Japan, by William Anderson, Sampson Low, Marston

Girl performing a fan dance, Japan, 1904. A print from Japan, its History, Arts and Literature, Volume V, by Captain F Brinkley, TC and EC Jack, 34 Henrietta Street, London WC2 and Edinburgh, 1904

Wi-Jun-Jon in native costume and in regimental uniform, 1841. Artist: Myers and Co
Wi-Jun-Jon in native costume and in regimental uniform, 1841. Wi-Jun-Jon was an Assiniboine brave. A print from Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians

Fashions that imitate the costume of antiquity, 1798 (1882-1884). Artist: Smeeton-Tilly
Fashions that imitate the costume of antiquity, 1798 (1882-1884). In the second half of the 1790s in Paris a fashion known as Neo-Grec, which imitated the costume of Ancient Greece, became popular

French womens fashions, 1780 (1882-1884). A rich bourgeoise wearing a caraco, a lady in a formal gown and with a la Victoire hairstyle, and an elegant woman in a polonaise

Chambermaid, lady and provincial bourgeoise lady, 1640 (1882-1884). Artist: Tamisier
Chambermaid, lady and provincial bourgeoise lady, 1640 (1882-1884). A print from La France et les Francais a Travers les Siecles, Volume IV, F Roy editor, A Challamel, Saint-Antoine, 1882-1884

Fedora, 1882 (1889). Believed to be a portrait of the French actress Sarah Bernhardt in the role of Fedora. A print from Figaro Exposition, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co, Limited

A Japanese Preacher. Artist: R Young
A Japanese Preacher. A print from The Faiths of the World, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Sects, Volume II, by Reverend James Gardner, A Fullarton & Co, London & Edinburgh

Wandering minstrels at Yokohama, Japan, 1864. A print from The Illustrated London News, 24th September 1864

Lillie Langtry (1853-1929), English actress, 1899-1900. Artist: W&D Downey
Lillie Langtry (1853-1929), English actress, 1899-1900. Langtry was infamous for being the semi-official mistress to the Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VII

Street hawker selling football favours in Kings Cross, London, 1911 (1926-1927). Fans from Newcastle or Bradford on their way to the Cup Final

Lola de Valence, c1850-1880 (1924). Artist: Edouard Manet
Lola de Valence, c1850-1880 (1924). A print from A History of French Etching from the 16th Century to the Present Day, by F L Leipnik, John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, London, 1924

Princess Henry of Battenberg (1857-1944), 1893. Artist: W&D Downey
Princess Henry of Battenberg (1857-1944), 1893. Princess Beatrice was the youngest child of Queen Victoria. In 1885 she married Prince Henry of Battenburg

Ladies walking, garden scene of one of the wealthier classes, 1847. Artist: Armstrong
Ladies walking, garden scene of one of the wealthier classes, 1847. Chinese women with fans. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

L Eventail (The Fan), 1619 (1924). Artist: Jacques Callot
L Eventail (The Fan), 1916 (1924). A print from A History of French Etching from the 16th Century to the Present Day, by F L Leipnik, John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, London, 1924

The Niwaka Performers, ca. 1795. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
The Niwaka Performers, ca. 1795

Courtesans Beneath a Wisteria Arbor... ca. 1795. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Courtesans Beneath a Wisteria Arbor (Fuji dana shita no yujo tachi), ca. 1795

The Second Bando Mitsugoro in the Role of Soga no Juro Sukenari, ca. 1793-95

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as a Woman Standing near a Winding Stream, ca. 1777. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as a Woman Standing near a Winding Stream, ca. 1777

Three Niwaka Performers, Chasenuri, Kurokiri, and Saimon... ca. 1794
Three Niwaka Performers, Chasenuri, Kurokiri, and Saimon (Tea-whisk Seller, Firewood Seller, Shrine Festival Perfomer), from the " Geisha of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival"

Enjoying the Cool Evening Breeze on and under the Bridge, ca. 1800

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo III Holding a Red Fan, 1794. Creator: Katsukawa Shun ei
The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo III Holding a Red Fan, 1794

The Fifth Ichikawa Danjuro in the Role of Oboshi Yuranosuke, 6th month, 1783. Creator: Shunsho
The Fifth Ichikawa Danjuro in the Role of Oboshi Yuranosuke, 6th month, 1783

Nakamura Matsue II as a Woman Standing on a Hill, 1773. Creator: Shunsho
Nakamura Matsue II as a Woman Standing on a Hill, 1773

Scene from Noh Dance, ca. 1820. Creator: Kosetsu
Scene from Noh Dance, ca. 1820

In the Cool of the Evening in the Vicinity of Lord Nabeshimas Warehouses (Furyu Nabeshima yusuzumi), 1824

Arashi Otohachi I, 1768 or 1769. Creator: Shunsho
Arashi Otohachi I, 1768 or 1769

Mulier primaria Antuerpiensis, in ornatus domestica (Gentlewoman of Antwerp in domestic adornment), 1625-77

Still-life with a group of muffs, a pair of gloves, fans, mask and two kerchiefs, 1647

Gallica in Vestitu Varietas, from Fashions of Different Nations. n. d
Gallica in Vestitu Varietas, from Fashions of Different Nations.n.d. Mercatoris Belgae Eiusque Coniugis Vestitus. After Sebastiaen Vrancx

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