Method | Stipple |
Artist | Robert Samuel Marcaud after R. Saunders |
Published | London, Pubd. Decr. 1st, 1784 by J. Walker Carver & Printseller No. 148 Strand, near Somerset House. |
Dimensions | Image 195 x 160 mm oval, Plate 270 x 200 mm, Sheet 340 x 260 mm |
Notes |
A print of a well dressed woman with drop earrings feathers in her hair standing in profile to left having her palm read by a Gypsy woman with a child on her back, a dog at their feet and landscape with two tall trees behind all in an oval with the inscription below: The Fortune Teller, O Fortune Fair, like all thy treach'reus Kind. But faithles still, and wa'ring as the Wind. O Painted monster, form'd Mankind to Cheat With pleasing Poison, and with soft deceit. Robert Samuel Marcuard (December 25, 1758- c. 1788) was an English printmaker who worked in stipple in London. He was a student of Bartolozzi c. 1773-1780 and worked for various publishers in the 1780s. R. Saunders was an 18th century artist in London. Condition: Excellent |
Framing | unmounted |
Price | £150.00 |
Stock ID | 52263 |