Isabella II and the Three Queens, fan circa 1835-37
Isabella II and the Three Queens, fan circa 1835-37
Bone fan with mother of pearl guards, the printed paper leaf enhanced with gouache depicting Isabelle II as a child surrounded by her mother, the regent Marie Christine de Bourbon, Queen Victoria of England, and Queen Marie II of Portugal, assisted by a personification of France and the army with guards from Bilbao, Madrid, and Zaragoza
Good condition (one stick missing)
H: 27 cm
The young Queen Isabella II was three years old when her father, King Ferdinand VII, died. A conflict ensued (the First Carlist War) between the late king's brother and legitimist pretender Charles de Bourbon and Isabella's mother, the regent Marie-Christine de Bourbon-Siciles, supported by an international alliance (Portugal, France, England with the Quadruple Alliance treaty signed in 1834).
