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Fortune-tellers

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  • A Romany fortune-teller is reading the palm of a young woman suffering unrequited love; two other Romany women are leaning over a fence and children are sitting around a fire. Etching by P.W. Tomkins after H.W. Bunbury, 1791.
  • Mary Squires the fortune teller foretells the future to Sir John Hill: she indicates that she has support from the Lord Mayor of London. Etching, 1753.
  • A countrywoman is telling the fortune of a young artist at the entrance to a chapel; two other artists walk past on the right; five paintings on the wall. Drawing by B. Pinelli, 1811.
  • A fortune-teller reading a gentleman's palm. Engraving by B. Audran after Michelangelo Merisi, il Caravaggio, 1729.
  • An old fortune-teller is visiting a couple and their newborn baby, whose birth she had predicted. Etching by F.A. Milius after S. Freudenberger, 1860/1890.
  • A fortune-teller is reading the palm of a woman with little girl on her lap. Engraving by J.K. Sherwin after J. Reynolds, 1786.
  • A young woman dressed in white faints after hearing the predictions of a fortune-teller. Engraving by L.S. (?) L'Empereur after H. van Gorp, 1800/1810.
  • An old fortune-teller is looking at a young woman's palm. Engraving, 1670/1700.
  • The gipsy fortune-teller / [Dr. Jayne Company].
  • A young couple visit a fortune teller to have their future predicted. Engraving by Charles Rolls after Alfred Johannot.
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Catalogue

  • view An old fortune-teller is reading a young woman's fortune by looking at tea leaves at the bottom of a cup. Engraving by C.W. Sharpe after N.J. Crowley, 1842.
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    An old fortune-teller is reading a young woman's fortune by looking at tea leaves at the bottom of a cup. Engraving by C.W. Sharpe after N.J. Crowley, 1842.

    Crowley, Nicholas J., 1813-1857. | Date: 1842 | Reference: 563020i
  • view A fortune-teller reading the fortune of a young couple. Lithograph by L. Noël, 1830, after M. Gérard.
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    A fortune-teller reading the fortune of a young couple. Lithograph by L. Noël, 1830, after M. Gérard.

    Gérard, Marguerite, 1761-1837 | Date: 1830 | Reference: 563042i
  • view An old fortune-teller is visiting a couple and their newborn baby, whose birth she had predicted. Etching by F.A. Milius after S. Freudenberger, 1860/1890.
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    An old fortune-teller is visiting a couple and their newborn baby, whose birth she had predicted. Etching by F.A. Milius after S. Freudenberger, 1860/1890.

    Freudenberger, Sigmund, 1745-1801 | Date: [1860/1890] | Reference: 563018i
    Part of: Collections du Palais Saint Donato.
  • view A countrywoman is telling the fortune of a young artist at the entrance to a chapel; two other artists walk past on the right; five paintings on the wall. Drawing by B. Pinelli, 1811.
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    A countrywoman is telling the fortune of a young artist at the entrance to a chapel; two other artists walk past on the right; five paintings on the wall. Drawing by B. Pinelli, 1811.

    Pinelli, Bartolomeo, 1781-1835 | Date: 1811 | Reference: 576694i
  • view A fortune-teller is reading the palm of a woman with little girl on her lap. Engraving by J.K. Sherwin after J. Reynolds, 1786.
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    A fortune-teller is reading the palm of a woman with little girl on her lap. Engraving by J.K. Sherwin after J. Reynolds, 1786.

    Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792 | Date: July 20th 1786 | Reference: 563045i
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