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A Divination in Tea Leaves

1879
19th century
213 x 190 mm (8.4 x 7.5 in.)

Alfred Laurens Brennan, American, (1853–1921)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Etching on laid paper
Print impression quality: Good
Edition: Published in the American Art Review I, 1879–1880: 330. Bound in S. R. Koehler, American Etchings (Boston, 1886)
Marks: Signed in plate, lower left: “Brennan/79”
Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892); Print Reference Library transfer, 1987
Accession Number: 1987.2.3

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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: 213 x 190 mm (8.4 x 7.5 in.)

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