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Where credulity and scepticism flourish side by side : Some Parisian soothsayers and their victims

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection

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Wallach Division Picture Collection

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Fortune Telling

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Where credulity and scepticism flourish side by side

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Title
Where credulity and scepticism flourish side by side : Some Parisian soothsayers and their victims
Names
Maltese, Louis, 19th century (Artist)
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

Fortune Telling

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1908-02-01
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC FORTU-Tel
Topics
Fortune-telling
Fortune telling cards
Ouija board -- France -- Paris
Coffee -- France -- Paris
Fortune-telling -- France -- Paris
Genres
Satires (Visual works)
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "Fortune tellers of Paris" "1. Mme. Renauld, a celebrated cartomancienne ; 2. Types of fortune-tellers ; 3. Fortune-telling by coffee-grounds : 'Ah, monsieur, what a flirt your wife is!' ; 4. A hypnotic medium at work ; 5. Questioning the spirits by means of the oui-ja ; 6. Mlle. Claire, the clairvoyante of the Ternes Quarter ; 7. Mme. Paule, of the Latin Quarter : 'The ace of clubs tells me you are a deputy, monsieur' ; 8. In the 'ante-chamber' of Héloïse, the clairvoyante of the Batignolles Quarter."
Source note: Graphic. Illustrated Newspapers, Ltd., 1869-).
Physical Description
Halftone photomechanical prints
Extent: 34 x 24 cm. (13 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17959650
Barcode: 33333159486964
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 605c52b0-c551-012f-31ff-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1908: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Where credulity and scepticism flourish side by side " The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1908-02-01. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-366c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Where credulity and scepticism flourish side by side " New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-366c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1908-02-01). Where credulity and scepticism flourish side by side Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-366c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Where credulity and scepticism flourish side by side