Old maids at a cat's funeral [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Old maids at a cat's funeral [graphic]
- Creator
- Pettit, John, active 1780-1790, printmaker
- Contributor
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Byron, Frederick George, 1764-1792, artist.
Holland, William, active 1782-1817, publisher. - Published / Created
- April 10 1789.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published by William Holland at Garrick's, Richard No. 50 Oxford Street
- Abstract
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Eleven plain, elderly women walk in a procession from left to right between the tombstones of a country church yard. Two of them, at the head of the procession, carry a small coffin with a cat's effigy on it. Behind them walks a crying woman with a handkerchief raised to her eyes. She is the only one who does not carry a cat under her arm. The feline participants of the funeral appear agitated
- Description
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Title from item.
Eight lines of verse in two columns on either side of title: No lover's corse this virgin train attend ...
Printseller's announcement below title: In Holland's exhibition rooms may be seen the largest collection in Europe of caricatures and other humorous prints and drawings. Admittance 1 shilling.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Mentioned in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, under no. 8558, as in Anthony de Rothschild's collection, v. 2, p. 138. - Provenance
- Leverhulme-Auchincloss; May 1954;
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 29 x 60.5 cm, on sheet 31 x 62 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Drawer 789.04.10.01
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1789
Etchings England London 1789 - Material
- etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Cats
Cemeteries
Churches
Coffins
Crying
Funeral rites & ceremonies
Single women
Tombs & sepulchral monuments - Subjects
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Cats
Cemeteries
Churches
Coffins
Crying
Funeral rites & ceremonies
Single women
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
England > 1789
England > London > 1789
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9066794
- Object ID (OID)
- 10731109
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