FROM A CHINESE LACQUERED SCREEN.
(Victoria and Albert Museum.)
FOOTNOTES:
[1] Gay, The Fan.
[2] Adventures of Harry Richmond (the italics are ours).
[3] Tatler, No. 52, Aug. 9, 1709.
[4] Goldoni in his Mémoires gives an account of ‘The Fan.’ It was written and first brought out in Paris, and soon became universally popular, especially in Venice.—Helen Zimmern, Masterpieces of Foreign Authors.
[5] M. A. Flory, A Book about Fans.
[6] Letter of Mrs. Scott, 1761, to her sister-in-law, Mrs. Robinson.—Dr. Doran, A Lady of the Last Century (Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu).
[7] In an engraving of an English Noblewoman by Gaspar Rutz, 1581, a long-handled feather-fan appears.