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A man on horseback consulting a fortune-teller or gipsy. Engraving.

A Romany fortune-teller is reading the palm of a young woman suffering unrequited love; two other Romany women are leaning over a fence and children are sitting around a fire. Etching by P.W. Tomkins after H.W. Bunbury, 1791.

Mary Squires the fortune teller foretells the future to Sir John Hill: she indicates that she has support from the Lord Mayor of London. Etching, 1753.

A woman telling a man's fortune. Watercolour by A. E. Chalon.

A woman with her attendant visiting a fortune-teller. Etching.

A countrywoman is telling the fortune of a young artist at the entrance to a chapel; two other artists walk past on the right; five paintings on the wall. Drawing by B. Pinelli, 1811.

A fortune-teller reading a gentleman's palm. Engraving by B. Audran after Michelangelo Merisi, il Caravaggio, 1729.

Two women consulting a fortune-teller. Engraving by J. Romney after T. Stothard.

An old fortune-teller is visiting a couple and their newborn baby, whose birth she had predicted. Etching by F.A. Milius after S. Freudenberger, 1860/1890.

A woman having her palm read by a fortune-teller. Engraving after A.E. Chalon.

An old fortune-teller is reading a young woman's fortune by looking at tea leaves at the bottom of a cup. Engraving by C.W. Sharpe after N.J. Crowley, 1842.

A fortune-teller reading the fortune of a young couple. Lithograph by L. Noël, 1830, after M. Gérard.

Two women having their palms read by fortune-teller, a man signalling from behind a tree. Etching.

A woman consulting a fortune-teller by a stile. Engraving after Samuel J.E. Jones.

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An old fortune-teller is reading a young woman's fortune by looking at tea leaves at the bottom of a cup. Engraving by C.W. Sharpe after N.J. Crowley, 1842.

A fortune-teller reading the fortune of a young couple. Lithograph by L. Noël, 1830, after M. Gérard.

Two women having their palms read by fortune-teller, a man signalling from behind a tree. Etching.

An old fortune-teller is visiting a couple and their newborn baby, whose birth she had predicted. Etching by F.A. Milius after S. Freudenberger, 1860/1890.

A woman consulting a fortune-teller by a stile. Engraving after Samuel J.E. Jones.