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14060386
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CtY-BA
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eng
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rda
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CtY-BA
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The Chinese sensitive leaf.
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Brooklyn :
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Howlett Brothers, Printers, 136 Fulton St.,
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[approximately 184-?]
300
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1 sheet ([1] page) ;
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22 x 14 cm +
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2 printed 'sensitive' leaves.
300
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1 envelope ;
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7 x 12 cm
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text
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rdacontent
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still image
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rdacontent
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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sheet
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rdacarrier
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Handbill describing parlour entertainment accompanied by two 'sensitive' leaves of a male and female oriental figures in red and black. The Chinese sensitive leaves were small pieces of thin material that when placed into someone's hand would react by curling in a way that would reveal the constitution of the person.
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Early accounts of the same phenomenon include: A curious discovery: an account of the remarkable sympathetic power of the Chinese sensitive leaf, invented by Jan Pertista Chaseicto. Philadelphia : Printed by Hall and Pierie no. 51, Market-Street, [between 1807 and 1815].
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Public Domain
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public domain
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CtY-BA
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http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/preservation/copyrightStatus/pub
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BAC: British Art Center copy accompanied byl floral embossed envelope. "Chinese Sensitive Leaves" printed in black on front.
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Fortune-telling.
650
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Sympathy (Physiology)
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Pseudoscience.
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Great Britain
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Social life and customs
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19th century.
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Broadsides.
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rbgenr
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Ephemera.
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rbgenr
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Chron
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[approximately 184-?]
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Howlett Brothers,
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printer.
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View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
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https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:14060386
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BF1874
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Yale Center for British Art
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BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating) >> BF1874 .C455 1840 Box|DELIM|14068333
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