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A Divination in Tea Leaves

1879
19th century
214 x 147 mm (8.4 x 5.8 in.)

Alfred Laurens Brennan, American, (1853–1921)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Etching printed in brown ink on laid paper
Print impression quality: Very good; image off center, into plate mark
Edition: Published in the “American Art Review” I, (1879-80):330; also published in S.R. Koehler, “American Etchings,” Boston, 1886
Marks: Signed in plate, lower left: “Brennan/79”
Credit Line: Gift of Juwil C. and Virgil W. Topazio (BA Wesleyan 1943), 1984
Accession Number: 1984.29.126

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  • divination - Art or practice of foreseeing future events or obtaining secret knowledge through divine sources, omens, or oracles; it is based on the belief that revelations are offered to humans in extrarational forms of knowledge. CCE [November 1994 alternate term added. January 1992 descriptor added.]
  • domestic genre
  • genre - Use for pictorial representations, which may be in various media, that represent scenes or events from everyday life; usually used with another term such as "paintings" or "prints." [April 1991 descriptor moved.]
  • tea - Aromatic beverage prepared from selected dried leaves and buds of the tea plant, by infusion in hot water. [April 1995 scope note changed; alternate term added. March 1994 descriptor added.]

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  • plate Dimensions: 214 x 147 mm (8.4 x 5.8 in.)

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