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Three scenes from Puss in Boots, Puss and the Ogre

Maker

(artist)
1792-1878

(engraver)
1792-1878

(publisher)

Title

Three scenes from Puss in Boots, Puss and the Ogre

Date of Production

1864

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Height: 17 cm
Width: 11.9 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4158.22

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: upper centre image below first scene, printed: The Ogre turns himself into an Elephant!...Tom Puss pretends to be frightened...

Inscription: Recto: middle centre image below second scene, printed: The Ogre turns himself into a Lion! Thom Puss is still more frightened & asks the Ogre to change into a Mouse.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre image below third scene, printed: The Ogre turns himself into a Mouse...Tom Puss springs upon him & Kills him.

Inscription: Recto: lower right image, printed: Designed & etched by George Cruikshank

Inscription: Recto: lower centre mount, handwritten in pen: G. CRUIKSHANK

Inscription: Recto: upper right mount, handwritten in pencil: NPL

Stamp: Recto: upper right mount, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY

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