print
- Museum number
- 1902,1011.7990
- Description
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Young lady with fortune teller; both whole-length, young lady on the left, standing, wearing long dress and veil with bow, hand being read by stooping old woman on right; spaniel in foreground; in background, arched doorway and balcony, with trees in the distance.
Mezzotint
- Production date
- 1680-1700
- Dimensions
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Height: 258 millimetres
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Width: 195 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- States:
(i) this impression as recorded by Ganz and Chaloner Smith
(ii) Malcolm Jones noted (personal communication) Wellcome Institute, no. 563029i, with the title 'The true Fortun [sic] teller or good husbands for mony' and the imprint, 'Sold by P.Bouche in long aecre in Condet Court near the kings bagnio, London'.;
(iii) 2010,7081.110 (ex- collection Christopher Lennox-Boyd) republished by Bakewell; lettered as (i) but with Tempest's address erased, with engraved frame and Bakewell's address added
Other impression: Paris BN, Cd5 fol. 55, no. 72
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1902
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1902,1011.7990