Museum number
F154
Object
Fan leaf: View of North Parade, by Thomas Loggon, engraving and gouache on paper, 1749
Description
Printed paper fan leaf with additions in watercolour and gouache, no longer mounted, but folded and well used. In an irregularly-shaped cartouche, a perspective of North Parade in Bath, seen from the gardens. People of fashion can be seen walking up and down and greeting one another. A gentleman in red on the far left leans over the balustrade. On the right, sedan chairs are gathered round the balustrade, while their chairmen, in blue uniforms, lean or sit on the balustrade waiting for fares. The balustrade is punctuated with stone obelisks with red lamps fixed to them to make the walk safe and pleasant in the evening. The cartouche is surrounded by a chinoiserie pattern of trelliswork with trailing leaves, flowers and buds. The fan leaf has been pasted to a paper support and has a recent mount and frame.
Materials
Gouache
Inscription
Signed: Ptd by Thos. Loggan, 16th October 1749. Presented by the Holburne Society 1936
On display?
No

Further description

Simple name
Fan
Subject
Architectural
Dimensions
framed: 42.0000cm (h) x 68.0000cm (w)
regular: 47.0cm (h) x 19.0cm (w)
Fan Leaf: View of North Parade Thomas Loggon (active late 1740s) Engraving and gouache on paper, 1749 Inscribed Published Oct.r 16: 1749 by Tho.s Loggon Between the 1720s and 1790s, Bath grew rapidly from a medieval market town into a city of elegant stone squares and terraces. Its beautiful buildings were depicted in all kinds of souvenirs. This painted fan was made by Thomas Loggon, a dwarf who also ran a ladies’ teahouse and china shop. F154 Presented by the Holburne Society, 1936

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