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“Great skill have they in Palmistry”
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Thomas Landseer and Moon, Boys & Graves

“Great skill have they in Palmistry”

1827-1828

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“Great skill have they in Palmistry”

Thomas Landseer and Moon, Boys & Graves

“Great skill have they in Palmistry”

“Great skill have they in Palmistry”

1827-1828

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet: 260 × 375 mm. (10 1/4 × 14 3/4 in.) Plate: 178 × 205 mm. (7 × 8 1/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series From the series "Monkey-ana, or Men in Miniature"
Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number 1996.48.10428
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art, through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris

Inscribed: in image, lower right, in plate "TL"; below image, lower center, in plate "Great skill have they in Palmistry / Cowper."

Markings: none

Artist

Thomas Landseer

English, 1795-1880

English, 1795-1880
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Publisher

Moon, Boys & Graves

operated 1827 - 1836

operated 1827 - 1836
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Thomas Landseer, George Stubbs, and others
Lion and Tiger
1823
BONES HAVE GREAT VARIETY IN SECTION AND SUBTLE TRANSITION OF ONE SHAPE INTO ANOTHER
Henry Moore, Atelier Lacourière et Frélaut, and others
Bones have great variety in section and subtle transition of one shape into another
1969
ILLUSTRATION FOR THE "DEVIL'S WALK"
Thomas Landseer
Illustration for the "Devil's Walk"
1831
QUE SE LA LLEVARON! (THEY HAVE KIDNAPPED HER)
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Que se la llevaron! (They Have Kidnapped Her)
1799, printed before 1937
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
Thomas Landseer and Benjamin Robert Haydon
William Wordsworth
1831
QUITE A HARE... NOT BAD FOR A HARE!... GOOD IDEA TO KEEP HIM BEHIND BARS. - I THINK THEY ALSO SHOULD HAVE MUZZLED HIM.
Honoré Daumier
Quite a hare... not bad for a hare!... good idea to keep him behind bars. - I think they also should have muzzled him.
1856
ESKIMO DOGS
Thomas Landseer and Robert Jennings
Eskimo Dogs
1835
MY DEAR, LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO MONSIEUR *** ONE OF OUR ARTISTIC CELEBRITIES... - MONSIEUR, I HAVE THE GREAT HONOR!
Honoré Daumier
My dear, let me introduce you to Monsieur *** one of our artistic celebrities... - Monsieur, I have the great honor!
1838
THE MUSK BULL
Thomas Landseer and Moon, Boys & Graves
The Musk Bull
1829
LET'S BE QUITE CLEAR. - BERTRAND IS GOING TO SNEAK IN AND OUT OF THE GROUPS AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE AND POLISH UP THE TARRED BITUMEN SHARES, HE'LL MAKE THEM SPARKLE, HE'LL SAY THEY'RE BEING SNAPPED UP, SNATCHED UP ALL ROUND, THAT THEY'RE RISING LIKE BALLOONS... AS FOR YOU, BARON, YOU HAVE A CERTAIN 'SAVOIR FAIRE', GO AND BUY SOME FOR 20%, 30%, EVEN 100% MORE. I'VE GOT THE WHOLE LOT IN MY WALLET, THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO DELIVER ANY, WE'LL SELL THEM FO
Honoré Daumier
Let's be quite clear. - Bertrand is going to sneak in and out of the groups at the stock exchange and polish up the tarred bitumen shares, he'll make them sparkle, he'll say they're being snapped up, snatched up all round, that they're rising like balloons... As for you, Baron, you have a certain 'savoir faire', go and buy some for 20%, 30%, even 100% more. I've got the whole lot in my wallet, they won't be able to deliver any, we'll sell them for what we like and providence will do the rest. - (Bertrand) Forward march against the dupes, let's cash in... fly... etc.
1838
FOX HOUNDS OF THE HATFIELD HUNT
Thomas Landseer and Edwin Henry Landseer
Fox Hounds of the Hatfield Hunt
c. 1853
THE BALIFF'S MAN. THEY CALL US ENEMY OF LIBERTY. WHAT ARE THOSE CADETS THERE COMPLAINING ABOUT!... THEY ARE BEING CHAUFFEURED AROUND, AND THEY HAVE A VALET BEHIND THEM. WHAT A WAY TO BEHAVE!
Honoré Daumier
The Baliff's Man. They call us enemy of liberty. What are those cadets there complaining about!... they are being chauffeured around, and they have a valet behind them. What a way to behave!
1841