Grown Old

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A cat, wearing a red dressing gown and a mob cap, sits with a bowl on its lap and its feet in a bucket

But then she's grown old.

Artist

Name:: Bennett, Charles Henry
Dates:: 1828-1867
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Humor
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: University of California Libraries, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: The nine lives of a cat
Author:: Bennett, Charles Henry
Publisher:: London: Griffith and Farran, 1860
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Description:

A cat, wearing a red dressing gown and a mob cap, sits with a bowl on its lap and its feet in a bucket. The full verse accompanying the illustration goes as follows:

How many lives has the cat got ?
ONE!
But then she’s grown old,
And has caught a bad cold;
So how many lives has the cat got?

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{{cite web | title=Grown Old | url=https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/one-life/ | author=Bennett, Charles Henry | year=1860 | access-date=December 5, 2025 | publisher=Old Book Illustrations}}