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Artist
- Name:
- Grandville, J.-J.
- Dates:
- 1803-1847
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Animals, Humor
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- Robarts Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Vie privée et publique des animaux
- Author(s):
- Collective work
- Publisher:
- Paris: Hetzel, 1867
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
On a roof lined with short chimneys, a tomcat in a jacket and top hat is wooing a lady cat wearing a dress.
The caption reads in the original French: Chère Minette !
Keywords: 1860s, 19th century, anthropomorphous, black & white, cat, couple, courtship, roof