Mode du Jour No 7.La Tireuse de Cartes.
Dessine par Desrais. Grave par Blanchard.
A Paris chez Basset Md. d'estampes et Fabricant de Papiers peints pour Tenture, Rue St. Jacques N. 670 [n.d., c. 1810]. Depose a la Bibliotheque N le
Coloured engraving, image 203 x 296mm. Generally soiled; edges of plate missing upper left, lower right corner re-attached.
An old woman predicts the fortunes of two young fashionable Parisian ladies using playing cards. The fortune-teller has an owl for a companion while a white cat sits on a chair to the right.
[Ref: 7757] £260.00
A Paris chez Basset Md. d'estampes et Fabricant de Papiers peints pour Tenture, Rue St. Jacques N. 670 [n.d., c. 1810]. Depose a la Bibliotheque N le
Coloured engraving, image 203 x 296mm. Generally soiled; edges of plate missing upper left, lower right corner re-attached.
An old woman predicts the fortunes of two young fashionable Parisian ladies using playing cards. The fortune-teller has an owl for a companion while a white cat sits on a chair to the right.
[Ref: 7757] £260.00