Fans
Portraits showing sitters with different types of fans, including folding hand-held, feather and mechanical fans. Explore the full list here.
Queen Elizabeth I
by Unknown continental artist
circa 1575
NPG 2082
Queen Elizabeth I ('The Ditchley portrait')
by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
circa 1592
NPG 2561
Queen Elizabeth I
by Unknown artist
1585-1590
NPG 2471
Henrietta Maria
by Unknown artist, background by Hendrik van Steenwyck
circa 1635
NPG 1247
King Charles II and Jane Lane riding to Bristol
by Isaac Fuller
1660s?
NPG 5251
Mrs Lascelles
by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
1751-1758
NPG 4855(14)
Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
by Sir George Hayter
circa 1820
NPG 4940
Duchess of Cannizzaro
by Sir Edwin Landseer
circa 1830
NPG 3097(5)
Unknown woman, formerly known as Jane Morris (née Burden)
by Richard Doyle
NPG 3118
Aina (Sarah Forbes Bonetta (later Davies))
by Camille Silvy
15 September 1862
NPG Ax61384
Lillie Langtry
by Henry Van der Weyde
April 1885
NPG P863
Adelina Patti
by James Sant
exhibited 1886
NPG 3625
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor
by Bertram Park
1931
NPG P332
Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
by Yousuf Karsh
1966
NPG P490(27)
Madge Kendal
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
1870
NPG Ax18151
Princess Louise, Duchess of Connaught (née Princess of Prussia)
by Alexander Bassano
1880s
NPG x29763
Pauline Chase
by Bassano Ltd
4 June 1908
NPG x101172
Martin Richard Fletcher Butlin
by Lucy Anne Dickens
March 2001
NPG P948(6)