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This and 31 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Hand Fan and Panel Designs.

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1920

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2016

2025

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Print, Design for a Hand Fan (Right Plate)

This is a Print. It was designed by Bellay and published by Gabriel Huquier and print maker: Gabriel Huquier. It is dated ca.1734–37 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 24.1 × 30.8 cm (9 1/2 × 12 1/8 in.) Platemark: 13.2 × 12 cm (5 3/16 × 4 3/4 in.) Image: 13.2 × 12 cm (5 3/16 × 4 3/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite upper right, in plate: 6; inscribed in graphite lower right: 4

Cite this object as

Print, Design for a Hand Fan (Right Plate); Designed by Bellay (French, active from 1734); Print Maker: Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772); France; etching on laid paper; Sheet: 24.1 × 30.8 cm (9 1/2 × 12 1/8 in.) Platemark: 13.2 × 12 cm (5 3/16 × 4 3/4 in.) Image: 13.2 × 12 cm (5 3/16 × 4 3/4 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-490-5

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