Print made by unknown artist, eighteenth century, The Wife's Fortune Told, ca. 1768
- Title:
- The Wife's Fortune Told
- Date:
- ca. 1768
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Plate: 9 3/4 x 13 3/4in. (24.8 x 34.9cm) and Sheet: 11 x 16 1/4in. (27.9 x 41.3cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper right: "#184"
Lettered below image: "Published as the Act directs | The Wife's Fortune Told. | Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, at No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London."; below image: "With Maid of Widows e'er so old, | A Youth of Spirit gets the Gold | Why then to know your Fate so silly? | You gave your Cash to keep a - filly."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.767
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- genre subject
- Access:
- Accessible by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5813
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