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Print, Illustration for La Fontain's Fable "The Cat, the Weasel and the Rabbit"

This is a Print. It was print maker: Martin Marvie and after Jean-Baptiste Oudry. It is dated 1755–1759 and we acquired it in 1921. Its medium is etching on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

29.8 × 21.2 cm (11 3/4 × 8 3/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed below: "LE CHAT, LA BELETTE ET LE PETIT LAPIN FABLE CXXXX" and below, artist's and engraver's names.

Cite this object as

Print, Illustration for La Fontain's Fable "The Cat, the Weasel and the Rabbit"; Print Maker: Martin Marvie (1713 – 1790); After Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686 – 1755); France; etching on paper; 29.8 × 21.2 cm (11 3/4 × 8 3/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1921-22-352

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