FRENCH FOLDING FAN DEPICTING AN “HISTOIRE DU SOLDAT”. THE CHARACTER REPRESENTED COULD BE LOUIS JOSEPH CHARLES AMABLE D'ALBERT DE LUYNES ( 1748-1807 ) SIXT DUKE OF LUYNES. HE WAS A HE WAS A POLITICAL OF ANCIEN REGIME AND WAS APPOINTED GENERAL COLONEL OF THE COLONEL-GENERAL REGIMENT OF DRAGONS ( LATER CALLED FIFTH REGIMENT ) ON SEPTEMBER 4TH, 1783. HE WAS THE SON OF CHARLES LOUIS MARIE DE LUYNES AND NICOLE PIGNATELLI HENRIETTE D'EGMONT. HE MARRIED ON APRIL19, 1768 WITH GUIONNE JOSEPHINE ELISABETH DE MONTMORENCY-LAVAL (1755-1830) AND HAD TWO CHILDREN: PAULINE (1774-1858) AND CHARLES MARIE PAUL ANDRE' (1783-1832), WHO COULD BE IDENTIFIED IN THE SUBJECTS OF THE FAN . HAND PAINTED SILK LEAF, SEQUIN EMBROIDERED. TORTOISE-SHELL STICKS WITH GOLDEN AGEMINATURE. CIRCA 1785. STICKS 15+2. CM. 27 x 52.