Le Danger De Manger De La Souris Est Qu'Ensuite Votre Chat Ne Coure Après
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1870 (printed)
1870 (printed)
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Satirical print in which a cat leaps into the mouth of a man sitting down to dinner. The man is holding a knife and fork in both hands. Print from a set of caricatures, broadsheets and illustrations in ten volumes. Each volume is half-bound in red leather, gold tooled and stamped with imperial emblems, title etc.
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Title | Le Danger De Manger De La Souris Est Qu'Ensuite Votre Chat Ne Coure Après (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Lithograph on paper |
Brief description | 'Le Danger De Manger De La Souris Est Qu'Ensuite Votre Chat Ne Coure Après'. Satirical print by Amedee Charles Henri de Noé in which a cat leaps into the mouth of a man sitting down to dinner. Lithograph, France, 1870. |
Physical description | Satirical print in which a cat leaps into the mouth of a man sitting down to dinner. The man is holding a knife and fork in both hands. Print from a set of caricatures, broadsheets and illustrations in ten volumes. Each volume is half-bound in red leather, gold tooled and stamped with imperial emblems, title etc. |
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Gallery label | "Cham" (pseudonym of Amadée Charles Henri, Count of Noë) (1819-79)
Jokes about the unconventional sustenance circulated through Paris. Le Figaro related how a man was puzzled to find himself pursued through Paris by a pack of barking dogs, until he remembered that he had eaten rat for breakfast.
Lithograph. E.575-1962 |
Object history | First published in Le Charivari on 1 December 1870. Republished in the state reproduced in L' Album du Siége (sic). |
Historical context | This print jokes about the unconventional sustenance circulated through Paris. Le Figaro related how a man was puzzled to find himself pursued through Paris by a pack of barking dogs, until he remembered that he had eaten a rat for breakfast. |
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Accession number | E.575-1962 |
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Record created | February 5, 2009 |
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