A large late 19th century fan showing Austrian royalty, the Emperor Frans Joseph, wearing a general's hat with green tinted vulture feathers, the person next to him is probably the crown prince Rudolf, his son and heir to the throne, or adjutant-general Count Paar), their carriage passing the "Rotunde" in the Prater (woodland between the Danube and the Danube canal) that was built on the occasion of the Vienna World Exhibition in 1873, where a commercial Fair was held in 1888 on the 40th anniversary of the Emperor’s reign, the fan probably being produced for this occasion, the double paper leaf mounted on wood sticks painted in gold, the scene bordered with a realistic print of Brussels Point de Gaze needle lace with fine roses and fillings, marked to the left “Druck v. Joh Haupt, Wein and signed to the right, J. Stamitzer, the verso plain, guard approx. 13.25 inches or 33.5cm. The print being is after a painting by Gottfried Heinrich Wilda who painted a lot of similar scenes with the emperor in his carriage. The fan was produced by Josef Wertheimer of Vienna. Thanks to FCI member M. Mazura for her help with additional information.