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• Author/Creator:Smith, Albert, 1816-1860.
  
• Title:Programme of Mr. Albert Smith's ascent of Mont Blanc, August, 12th & 13th 1851.
  
• Published/Created:Paris : Leroux & Cie, [1851]
  
• Physical Description:1 folding fan : ill. ; 24 x 40 cm. folded to 24 x 3 cm.
  
• Links:View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
  

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  • Location:BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating)
    Request for use in the YCBA Study Room
    
    
  • Call Number: GV76.E7 S65 1852+ Oversize
    
  • Status:Not Checked Out
    
  • Provenance:Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    

   
• Local Notes:BAC: British Art Center copy signed: E.R. 4th Sept. 1852.
  
• Notes:Original paper-leaf fan with lithograph illustrations of views and diagrams, on both sides, depicting Albert Smith's ascent of Mont Blanc. It was sold at the Egyptian Hall during the course of his popular entertainment "The Ascent of Mont Blanc". The show lasted for over 2000 performances and the success of the merchandising operation spread the popularity of mountaineering.
  Lithographed by Brioude Laguerre, Rue des Fontaines 5, Paris. Fan manufactured by Duvelleroy Fan Manufacturers, 167, Regent Street, London.
  
• Format:Visual Material
• References:Altick, R.D. Shows of London, p. 472-479
  Mayor, S. Collecting fans, p. 54-64
  Fairman, Elisabeth R. Pleasures and pastimes, 125
  
• Subjects:Smith, Albert, 1816-1860.
  Souvenirs (Keepsakes)--Great Britain.
  Printed ephemera--Great Britain--Specimens.
  Mountaineering--France--Alps, French.
  Mountains--France.
  Mountains--Italy.
  Amusements--Great Britain--19th century.
  Blanc, Mont (France and Italy)--Pictorial works.
  Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century.
  
• Subjects (Local Yale):Chron.--1852.
  Lithography--Specimens--1852.
  E.R.--Autograph, 1852 September 4.
  
• Genre/Form:Fans (Ephemera)
  Keepsakes.
  
• Also listed under:Laguerre, Brioude, lithographer.
  Duvelleroy Fan Manufacturer.
  Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, February 21, 1990-April 29, 1990)