All Resolutions
Artist
- Name:
- Grandville, J.-J.
- Dates:
- 1803-1847
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Animals, Humor
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- Stypulkowski, Lucjan
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- University of Ottawa Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Cent proverbes
- Author(s):
- Achard, Amédée, Delord, Taxile, Frémy, Arnould, Old Nick (Émile Forgues)
- Publisher:
- Paris: Henri Fournier, 1845
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
Three mice are teasing and poking with their tails a cat sleeping on a sofa while in the background a young couple is about to sneak out of the door.
The caption reads in the original French: N’éveille pas le chat qui dort.
This proverb has an English equivalent in Let sleeping dogs lie.
Keywords: 1840s, 19th century, black & white, cat, proverb, sleeping
