The Fortune Teller on Casting the Coffee Grounds, from an Original Design at Vaux-hall Gardens

After Francis Hayman British

Publisher Robert Sayer British

1748–60

Not on view

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Title: The Fortune Teller on Casting the Coffee Grounds, from an Original Design at Vaux-hall Gardens
Artist: After Francis Hayman (British, Exeter (?) 1707/08–1776 London)
Publisher: Robert Sayer (British, Sunderland 1725–1794 Bath)
Date: 1748–60
Medium: Etching and engraving
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Purchase, Harry G. Friedman Bequest, 1967
Object Number: 67.539.72
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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