A coffee party on a rural estate, with a man telling fortunes from the coffee grounds. Coloured engraving after F. Hayman, 1741-1742.

  • Hayman, Francis, 1708-1776.
Date:
[between 1700 and 1799]
Reference:
47000i
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About this work

Publication/Creation

[London] (at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street) : Printed for Rob.t Sayer, [between 1700 and 1799]

Physical description

1 print : engraving, with etching ; platemark 18.3 x 28 cm

Contributors

Lettering

The fortune teller on casting the coffee grounds, from an original design at Vaux-hall Gardens. Bears number: 6

Creator/production credits

After an engraving by Vivares, 1743, after one of the paintings by Hayman and assistants for a box at Vauxhall gardens: Allen, loc. cit.

References note

Brian Allen, Francis Hayman, London 1987, p. 136, no. 65

Reference

Wellcome Collection 47000i

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