A fortune teller reveals his scam to an old friend, 18th century. The somniloquists room is decorated with a crocodile skin, Egyptian figures, occult books and incense burners. The Prophet discovering himself and exposing the deception. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Journal of Sentimental Travels in the Southern Provinces of France, translated and abridged from Moritz August von Thummels Reise in die mittäglichen Provinzen van Frankreich im Jahre 17851786, Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1821.
A fortune teller reveals his scam to an old friend, 18th century. The somniloquists room is decorated with a crocodile skin, Egyptian figures, occult books and incense burners. The Prophet discovering himself and exposing the deception. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Journal of Sentimental Travels in the Southern Provinces of France, translated and abridged from Moritz August von Thummels Reise in die mittäglichen Provinzen van Frankreich im Jahre 17851786, Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1821.