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 : English gentleman consulting a somniloquist, 18th century


English gentleman consulting a somniloquist, 18th century

English gentleman consulting a somniloquist in his chambers, 18th century. The sleeping fortune teller lies in a bed in a room decorated with crocodile skin, Egyptian figures and incense burners. Consulting the prophet. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Journal of Sentimental Travels in the Southern Provinces of France, translated and abridged from Moritz August von Thummel's Reise in die mittCIglichen Provinzen van Frankreich im Jahre 1785'"1786, Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1821

Picture No
13135741
Media ID
45942829
Size
6838px x 4157px (6.2MB)
Credit
Florilegius
Source
Thomas Rowlandson

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