ANTIQUE ETCHING CREATED IN 1879 .
144 YEARS OLD ORIGINAL ETCHING PRINTED ON WOVE PAPER.
..DIVINATION IN TEA LEAVES.. by ALFRED LAURENS BRENNAN (USA 1853-1921
Divination
in Tea Leaves. 1879. Artist: Brennan,
Alfred Laurens 'Alfred Brennan' (Louisville, Kentucky, 1853 - Brooklyn, New
York, 1921) . Original Etching. Publisher: American Art Review, Boston.
Reference: * Walt Reed, The Illustrator in America, 1860-2000, New York, The
Society of Illustrators, 2003, p. 70. Size:
8 3/8 X 5.75 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of
plate-mark or image). Condition: Printed
upon fine hand made, laid paper and with full margins as published by the American
Art Review in 1879. Signed and dated in the plate to the lower left by the
artist. A strongly printed, early impression and in very condition throughout.
Divination in Tea Leaves represents a prime, original example of the nineteenth
century American art of Alfred Laurens Brennan 'Alfred Brennan' Paper size 12.25x9 3/8 inches.