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Opera Fan. The Plan of the Opera House for 1798, Published with the Permission of the Manager of the Opera House, by Harding & Co.. 89 Pall Mall, circa 1797, folding paper fan, engraved with a plan showing box numbers and renters' names for the 1798 season at The King's Theatre in Haymarket, with the Royal Coat of Arms to centre of upper edge, folds toned, mounted on wooden sticks, 27 cm (10.5 ins), together with 6 other printed fans similar, in poor condition (Fanology, or the Ladies Conversation Fan x 2, both Badini, 1797; botanical Calendar Fan for 1794; Conundrum Fan, Dyde & Scribe; History of England, Sudlow's Fan Warehouse; George III fan 'Vive Le Roy', Balster, 1789), various sizes (Quantity: 7) A rare fan depicting the details of the boxes and their occupants for the 1798 season at the King's Theatre in Haymarket; not in Schreiber (see p.13, 62 for similar, printed by W. Cock, 1797).