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Tabbies and tom cat or Old maids examining a unique tortoiseshell subject
1808
Medium
hand-coloured etching
Measurements
21.2 × 33.3 cm (image) 23.4 × 33.7 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Krumbhaar 1186; BM Satires 11126; Cohn 2021; Reid 38
Printing/Publishing
published by S. W. Fores, London
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: Londn (n in superscript) Published Feb,,ry (ry in superscript above ,, ) 15 1808_by SW Fores 50 Piccadilly
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: TABIES & TOM CAT . or Old Maids examining an Unique Male Tortiose Shell subject / a Scene in Piccadilly
printed in ink (in image) c.l.-c.r.: (text on sign and in speech bubbles)
Accession Number
2398-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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