Device used to cool oneself, usually made of folded paper

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Christ's Hospital: the Great Hall during a ceremony. Engraving by J. G. Walker, 1822, after T. Stothard, 1799.

Two Chinese opium smokers in a booth watched by a woman who fans herself. Wood-engraving, late 19th century.

The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with ladies and gentlemen walking in the foreground. Engraving by B. Cole.

A fashionable young lady with large plume in her hat being carried through the town in a sedan chair. Etching, c. 1796.

Bagnigge Wells, London: a family group, the Dumplings, on a day out. Mezzotint.

An Englishman sits smoking a hookah as an Asian man approaches making a salaam. Engraving by W. Humphrys, c. 1834, after W. Daniell.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, from Romney Road looking towards the Isle of Dogs, with a ship at the quayside, people in the foreground. Engraving (fragment) by T. Lawranson.

An Abyssinian woman sits on the floor near a smoking hooka. Coloured lithograph by J. Heicke after I. Forray, 18th century.

A young woman posing naked in a photographic studio, kneeling on a chair holding a fan, in front of a screen. Stereo photograph, ca.1900.

Deaf and dumb people from the Hackney Mission to the Deaf and Dumb performing plays, sign language, and portraits of staff at the institution. Wood engraving by J. Swain, 1884, after H. Morehen.

Two fans, one coloured green and open bearing photographs of children and couples, the other purple and closed bearing a photograph of a naked woman crouching by an open window, a fist and a used condom; an advertisement for volunteers working on the AIDS cause by Actua Mollet. Colour lithograph by Isabel Real Gayo and ICS &ICS Publicitat-Mollet, 1995.

Astronomy: a number of ladies and gentlemen using telescopes and celestial globes, in a landscape of ruined classical architecture. Engraving, [c.1720?].

A wealthy Mohammedan smoking a hooka as two attendants fan him. Engraving by J. Stephenson, 1835, after W. Daniell.

Mrs Moore, wife of the British consul in Beirut, in Arabic dress. Coloured lithograph by J. Nash, 1843, after D. Wilkie, 1841.

A design for a fan depicting a pastoral scene with Chinese figures. Watercolour painting by a Chinese artist.

Six vignettes on a design for a fan illustrating how to lead a moral and happy life. Stipple engraving, 1797.

A gentleman playing the role of a shepherd smitten with love; women as goddesses Venus, Minerva and Juno. Gouache design for a fan.

A design for a fan depicting a pastoral scene with Chinese figures on horses. Watercolour painting by a Chinese artist.

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Fans

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Images of Fans

Images about Fans

Works from the collections

A design for a fan depicting a pastoral scene with Chinese figures on horses. Watercolour painting by a Chinese artist.

A design for a fan depicting a pastoral scene with Chinese figures. Watercolour painting by a Chinese artist.

Six vignettes on a design for a fan illustrating how to lead a moral and happy life. Stipple engraving, 1797.

A gentleman playing the role of a shepherd smitten with love; women as goddesses Venus, Minerva and Juno. Gouache design for a fan.

Fans

Images from the collections

Images of Fans

Images about Fans

Works from the collections

A design for a fan depicting a pastoral scene with Chinese figures on horses. Watercolour painting by a Chinese artist.

A design for a fan depicting a pastoral scene with Chinese figures. Watercolour painting by a Chinese artist.

Six vignettes on a design for a fan illustrating how to lead a moral and happy life. Stipple engraving, 1797.

A gentleman playing the role of a shepherd smitten with love; women as goddesses Venus, Minerva and Juno. Gouache design for a fan.

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