Description: 'THE FORTUNE TELLER.'a young girl dressed as a fortune teller, reading the hand of a boy dressed as a nobleman. Made by Turner after Reynolds. Medium: Handcoloured mezzotint engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Sheet size: 23.5 x 26.7 cm (9.25 x 10.51 inch). Image size: 22.4 x 23 cm. (8.82 x 9.06 inch). Condition: very good, given age. A small crease in the bottom margin. . General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. FORTUNE TELLER-YOUNG GENTLEMAN | DPO-PCO-1-04 BACKGROUND INFORMATION Source: unknown, to be determined. Biography engraver: Engraved by C. Turner after J. Reynolds. Charles Turner (1773-1857) was an English mezzotint engraver and draughtsman. Through his mother's influence he had access to the famous gallery at Blenheim Palace. Turner moved to London in about 1789, was apprenticed to the engraver John Jones, enrolled in the Royal Academy Schools and worked for Alderman John Boydell, the important print publisher. Turner was skilled in stipple and aquatint as well as mezzotint, his diverse talents producing a large range of subjects covering topography and genre. His main interest, though, was portraiture, and the greater part of the more than six hundred plates he created during his career, were portraits. His close friendship with J.M.W. Turner, led to his engraving much of the artist's work, and to his engraving twenty-four of the plates for Liber Studiorum. He engraved many of the finest Henry Raeburn portraits, including Sir Walter Scott. A remarkable set of his engravings, "The Rivers of England", published between 1823 and 1827, confirmed his great ability as a landscape artist. He was elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1828. Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) was an influential English painter of the 18th century. He specialised in portrait painting and the 'Grand Style' of painting, which emphasises on idealisation of the imperfect.
Price: 377 USD
Location: 6611BX
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Date of Creation: 1800-1899
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Subject: Portrait
Height (Inches): 10.51
Width (Inches): 9.25
Print Surface: Paper
Type: Print
Artist: Turner, Reynolds
Material: Mezzotint
Year of Production: 1823
