FRENCH FOLDING FAN. DOUBLE SILK LEAF, HAND-PAINTED. IN THE MIDDLE THE PORTRAIT OF MIRABEAU, ABOVE THE WRITING: "JE COMBATTRAI LE FACTIEUX DE TOUS LES PARTIS" (I SHALL FIGHT THE FACTIONISTS OF ALL THE PARTIES). ON THE LEFT A MEDAILLON WITH MIRABEAU WHO HARANGUES TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND THE WRITING: "L'HEURE PREMIERE DE LA LIBERTE'" (THE FIRST HOUR OF THE FREEDOM). ON THE RIGHT MIRABEAU ON HIS DEATH-BED. PINK "GOLDFISH" MOTHER-OF-PEARL STICKS. THE TOP OF THE STICKS IS OF IVORY. MOP BUTTON. BRASS LOOP. COMMEMORATIVE FAN OF THE CAPTURE OF THE BASTILLE'S CENTENARY (JULY, 14th 1789) OR OF MIRABEAU'S DEATH (1791). HONORE' GABRIEL VICTOR DE RIQUETI COUNT OF MIRABEAU (1749/1791) WAS ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL SUPPORTERS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. DISCUSSED PERSONAGE, NOBLE BUT AMBIGUOUS, HE ENDED BY TURNING AWAY THE SYMPATHY OF ALL THE FACTIONS. THERE WAS STILL A RUMOUR THAT HE WAS POISONED. 1889/1891. CM 30,5. MAX SPREAD CM 60. STICKS 16+2.