Debates on palmistry [graphic] : from an original sketch in oyl by Hogarth in the possession of Mr. Saml. Ireland / etch'd by Jos. Haynes pupil to the late Mr. Mortemer.

Edition:

[State 1].

Published/Created:

[London]
[Publish'd as the act directs Febry. 1, 1782]
[1 February 1782]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 30.5 x 37.4 cm, on sheet 31.4 x 38.3 cm

Notes:

Title etched below image.
Publisher from 2nd state.
Old Print Shop; October 1959.

Abstract:

"A group of men sitting around a table, one in the centre pointing at his own palm, while two others on the right watch attentively and a third on the left holds out his palm but looks back at a maid holding a staff who approaches an owl perched on a stand nearby; with a fifth man standing behind the others, holding a staff and reading a paper through spectacles and a suit of armour in the background to right; after Hogarth's sketch known as 'Debates on Palmistry'."--British Museum online catalogue.

Associated Names:

Haynes, Joseph, 1760-1829 [Printmaker]
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 [Artist]
Ireland, Samuel, -1800 [Publisher]

Topics:

Armor
Fortune telling
Newspapers
Owls
Reading
Servants

Language:

English

Genre:

Engravings -- England -- London -- 1782
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1782

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html

Call Number:

Hogarth 782.02.01.01.1 Box 112

Orbis Record:

11347334

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr22667

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

16034774

PID:

digcoll:2810284