[Anonymous] [A Fan depicting the Siege of Gibraltar]
[Anonymous] [A Fan depicting the Siege of Gibraltar]

A rare fan of the siege of Gibraltar

By [Anonymous] , 1780

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[A Fan depicting the Siege of Gibraltar]

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[Anonymous]
Spain,
[?c1780].
Folding paper fan with a fine large hand- coloured engraved view of the Siege of Gibraltar with Spanish ships and troops in the foreground, the verso with engraved key in Spanish decorated with weapons of war on either side, mounted on bone sticks, the ivory sticks decorated in silver and gilt with a fort, ship and flag, the gaurdsticks carved and pierced and with silver and gilt depicting a ship and drums.
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The unsuccessful siege of Gibraltar began in 1779 and lasted until February
1783, when the siege was lifted. This fan, which it has been suggested belonged to the Earl of Minto, is not in the Schreiber Collection. ...

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