Pehr Hilleström, Three Women Telling Fortune in Coffee, 1780s, 80 x 110cm (Stockholms universitets konstsamling, J. A. Berg Collection #158). The paintings of the Swedish artist Pehr Hilleström (1732−1816) give us a unique view directly of ordinary life in the 18th century, of how the bourgeoisie lived in Stockholm: the life and ceremonies of the court, idle young ladies in elegant drawing rooms, servant girls carrying on with their domestic tasks, theatre, peasant culture, foundries and mines