Not the only Puss that has a Carte de Visite
Satirical Print
1860s (made)
1860s (made)
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A fashionably dressed cat in a large frilly crinoline skirt, jacket trimmed with ermine fur, matching fur muff, arched bonnet, posing beside a pillar on which is a card-case.
1 of 30 comic visiting cards, some hand-coloured.
1 of 30 comic visiting cards, some hand-coloured.
Object details
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| Title | Not the only Puss that has a Carte de Visite (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Litho-engraving |
| Brief description | 'Not the only Puss that has a Carte de Visite.' One of 30 satirical cards parodying carte-de-visites and calling-cards. Published by Rock & Co, London, 1860s. |
| Physical description | A fashionably dressed cat in a large frilly crinoline skirt, jacket trimmed with ermine fur, matching fur muff, arched bonnet, posing beside a pillar on which is a card-case. 1 of 30 comic visiting cards, some hand-coloured. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Guy Tristram Little |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO, 1963 |
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| Accession number | E.2627-1953 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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