HISTORY OF THE FAN _This edition is limited to 450 copies for sale in Europe and the British Dominions, of which this is No. 93._ [Illustration: Rinaldo in the garden of Armida, Louis XV. skin mount, stick mother of pearl, guards jewelled, given by King William IV to Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge & left by her to her grand-daughter Victoria Mary. H.R.H. the Princess of Wales.] HISTORY OF THE FAN BY G. WOOLLISCROFT RHEAD R.E.; HON. A.R.C.A. LOND.; AUTHOR OF ‘THE PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN’; ‘A HANDBOOK OF ETCHING’; ‘THE TREATMENT OF DRAPERY IN ART’; ‘STUDIES IN PLANT FORM’; ‘CHATS ON COSTUME,’ ETC.; JOINT AUTHOR OF ‘STAFFORDSHIRE POTS AND POTTERS’; ‘BRITISH POTTERY MARKS’ [Illustration] LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & CO. LTD. DRYDEN HOUSE, GERRARD STREET, W. 1910 Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty DEDICATED (BY GRACIOUS PERMISSION) TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES PUBLISHERS’ NOTE The majority of the blocks in this work were made direct from the actual Fans by Messrs. JOHN SWAIN AND SONS, to whom the Publishers are indebted for the skill and ingenuity with which they have overcome the many special difficulties incidental not only to the subjects themselves, but to the conditions under which many of those in private houses had to be reproduced. The Colour Plates are printed by Messrs. EDMUND EVANS. The block of the Fan Mount by ROSA BONHEUR was made by Mr. F. JENKINS in Paris. The block of the Japanese Fan Mount, _The Tamagawa River_, is by the GROUT ENGRAVING COMPANY. The lithograph of _Bacchus and Ariadne_ is by Messrs. MARTIN, HOOD AND LARKIN. PREFACE [Illustration]