Old maids at a cat's funeral [graphic]Pettit, John, active 1780-1790, printmakerApril 10 1789.engEleven 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 agitatedTitle 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.