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

[State 2].

[London] : Publish'd as the act directs Febry. 1, 1782 at No. 3 Clements Inn, [1 February 1782]

1 print : etching ; plate mark 30.5 x 38 cm, on sheet 31.0 x 45 cm

wove paper.

Title etched below image.

"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.

English

November 15, 2013