Fan

Object Name:

Fan

Object ID:

1969.006.215

Date:

1859-1866

Description:

Folding fan. Tan linen leaf, edged in gilt at top. Plain wood sticks, autographed in ink and pencil: "Henry W. Longfellow June 13 1859; Augustus Bendelarri June 21 '60; James R. Lowell June 14, 1859; O.W. Holmes May 18,'60; E.H. Chapin Aug. 14 1859: T.W. Higginson Pigeon Cove Aug. 16. 1859; L. Agassiz; T.V.C. Dasby 1861; Irvin McDowell, Maj. Gen: C.B. Porter June 24, 1861; Catherine E. Beecher July 11, 1861; B. Silliman May 26, 1862; James W. Cost July 30 1866; Edwards A. Park July 30, 1866; B. Pierce, Charles Sumner, Senate Chamber Feb. 25 1863; C. M. Clay 1863; H.B. Stowe July 11, 1861."

Material:

Wood
Textile
Linen

Dimensions:

H-8.5 W-16 D-1 inches

Provenance:

Several of these signers spoke to the Concord, NH, Lyceum and two had summer homes in New Hampshire.

Credit Line:

Bequest of Helen Dadmun Doble

People:

Bendelarri, Augustus, Lowell, James Russell (1819-1891), Chapin, Edwin Hubbell (1814-1880), Higginson, Thomas Wentworth (1823-1911), Agassiz, Louis (1807-1873), Dasby, T. V. C., Porter, C. B., Beecher, Catherine E., Silliman, B., Cost, James W., Park, Edwards A., Pierce, B., Clay, C. M., Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896), Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894), Sumner, Charles, Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882), Doble, Helen I. (1881-1968), McDowell, Irvin (1818-1885)

Subjects:

Fans (Accessories)