A group of mice and rats is presenting a cat on a pedestal with a petition, while the cat is shown chasing mice in the background. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by Aesop.

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Description

Illustration for the fable "The cat and the mice" by Aesop, translated and paraphrased by J. Ogilby

In the background a cat chases mice and rats in front of an altar in a chapel

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1 print : etching ; image 22.4 x 16.9 cm

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Lettering

75. W. Hollar fec.

References note

R. Pennington, A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of W. Hollar, Cambridge 1982, p. 58

Reference

Wellcome Collection 39737i

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