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Print made by John Keyse Sherwin, c.1751–1790, British, The Fortune Teller, 1784
- Title:
- The Fortune Teller
- Date:
- 1784
- Materials & Techniques:
- Line engraving (first state) on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 15/16 × 17 1/2 inches (40.5 × 44.5 cm), Image: 13 11/16 × 16 3/8 inches (34.8 × 41.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "The Fortune Teller"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "R6500 | [...]/[...] | [?]ills ce/q/-"; lower center: "[...]"
Collector's mark: Thomas Thane (Lugt 811)
Lettered, lower left: "Sir Joshua Reynolds pinx."; lettered, lower right: "Engraved by J.K.Sherwin, Engraver to his Majesty, and his Royal HIghness the Prince of Wales."; lettered, lower center: "Publish'd according to Act of Parliament June 25th 1784, by J.K.Sherwin, No.28, St. James's Street, London."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.298
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:21790
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