A group of cats look at book opened to a musical score, on the right and images of mice on the left. Some of the cats are singing while one plays a trumpet; one of the cats wears spectacles. In the foreground are a violin and loose sheets of music. The book is propped against a birdhouse from which emerges a mouse; a cloth has been draped over the birdhouse
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., After a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1855,0609.487., Two similar prints, with slight variations in the image, were published by Ackermann in July 1817 with the title "Concert of cats". See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 817.07.00.01., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Cats, Mice, Musical instruments, Musicians, and Singers
Title from lettered state., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on lettered state: S. Collings delt. ; etch'd by T. Rowlandson., An unlettered state of a print published ca. 1786 by E. Jackson. Cf. Royal Collection Trust online catalogue, RCIN 810884., Companion print to the early, oval version of: The chamber of genius., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Collectors, Collectibles, Sarcophagi, Skeletons, Mice, Balloons (Aircraft), and Hats
