Debates on palmistry from an original sketch in oil by Hogarth in the possession of Mr. Saml. Ireland / [graphic]Haynes, Joseph, 1760-1829, printmaker[1 February 1782]eng"A group of men sitting around a table, one in the centre pointing at his own palm, while two others on the right watch attentively and a third on the left holds out his palm but looks back at a maid holding a staff who approaches an owl perched on a stand nearby; with a fifth man standing behind the others, holding a staff and reading a paper through spectacles and a suit of armour in the background to right; after Hogarth's sketch known as 'Debates on Palmistry'."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.