Running after a Mouse

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A cat chasing mice on a roof is about to jump over the parapet — Running after a mouse.

Artist

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

Illustration

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

Book

Title:: The nine lives of a cat
Author(s):: Bennett, Charles Henry
Publisher:: London: Griffith and Farran, 1860
Open Library:: View record.

Description

A cat chasing mice on a roof with chimneys in the background is about to jump over the parapet. The full verse below the main illustration goes as follows:

How many lives has the cat got?
SIX!
But she fell off the house,
Running after a mouse;
So how many lives has the cat got?

Keywords: 1860s, 19th century, cartoon, cat, children's book, color, Victorian