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Fan leaf
Sarah Ashton & Co. (1797)
English (London)
1792
Object Place: London, England
Medium/Technique
Printed paper
Dimensions
53.6 x 28.1 cm (21 1/8 x 11 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Oldham Collection
Accession Number1976.549
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionUnmounted paper fan leaf. Printed and hand-colored botanical subject. Obverse: examples of botanical forms with scientific denominations, small flower bunches center, small branches and seed vessels to sides (numbers refer to descriptions on reverse), leaf forms at borders, imprint "Published as the Act directs, July 21, 1792, by Sarah Ashton, No. 28 Little Britain, London." Reverse: 24 orders of Botany listed, other technical information, poetry from "II Stanza, 4 Canto, Botanic Garden, V.I." (Same leaf as 1976.178).