Fan
Madrid, Spain
National Museum of Romanticism
About National Museum of Romanticism, Madrid
Museo Nacional del Romanticismo
c. 1860
MR2471
Double paper-leaf printed; ribs: mother-of-pearl; fretwork, gilt, carved, lithography, painted
27 x 49 cm
Historical fans were popular accessories in the second half of the 19th century, especially those commemorating important public events such as North Africans wars. These everyday objects as fans would serve as tools to disseminate political or social ideas. The employment of lithography applied to the leaf tells us of the propaganda use of the engraving and its application to the decorative arts. This fan is an example of it, because it shows the Spanish army helping the people from the villages in Spanish territory of North Africa (Morocco).
Mercedes Rodríguez Collado "Fan" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;es;43;en
Prepared by: Mercedes Rodríguez Collado
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell
MWNF Working Number: SP 043
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