The fan is an English one with a double paper leaf that has the following text printed on the obverse to the lower centre, ‘Enter’d at Stationers Hall by the Proprietor July 1 1796’. The design, which appears to be etched, has a central scene of the telegraph with the shutters closed and mounted on the roof of a hut. Within the hut is a ‘disabled’ Lieutenant attending the signals, a Midshipman looking out for the next telegraph and a Foremastman operating the ropes. The re