Fan
Poggi, Antonio Antonio Cesare Poggi Anthony de Poggi
The Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom
George III (reigned 1760-1820) recognised the importance of creating a positive image for the Royal Family. He actively encouraged painters to record his public appearances with the queen and their children. This fan is based on a painting by Johann Heinrich Ramberg and depicts the King and Royal Family attending the Royal Academy Exhibition.
The fan's maker was Antonio Poggi, who worked in London from 1776 to 1799. The novelist Fanny Burney describes a visit to Poggi’s shop in her diary for March 1781. She declares that the fans ‘are more beautiful than can be imagined. One was bespoke by the Duchess of Devonshire for a present, that was to cost £30’.
- Title: Fan
- Creator: Poggi, Antonio Antonio Cesare Poggi Anthony de Poggi
- Date Created: 1785/1794
- Location: Great Britain
- Physical Dimensions: Length: 22.5 cm, Width: 1.5 cm closed, Width: 38.4 cm open, Depth: 3.0 cm
- Provenance: Given by Dagmar and Gladys Farrant in memory of Arthur and Maud Loscombe Wallis
- Medium: Engraved and hand-coloured paper, with carved and pierced ivory sticks and guards
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