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When the cat's away, the mice will play
Cent proverbes...nouvelle édition revue et augmentée
When the cat's away, the mice will play

Cent proverbes...nouvelle édition revue et augmentée

J. J. Grandville (Isidore-Adolphe Gèrard) (French, 1803–1847)
Barbant aîné (French, active 1840–1869)
Chevauchet (French, active 1835–1850)
Quichon (French, 19th century)
François Rouget (French, 19th century)
Lucjan Stypulkowski (Polish (active in France) 1806–1849)
Charles Tamisier (French, active 1841–61)
Amédée Achard (French, 1814–1875)
Taxile Delord (French, 1815–1877)
Arnould Fremy (French, born in 1809)
Emile Daurand Forgues (Old Nick) (French, 1813–1883)
Garnier frères (French, 19th–20th century)
about 1860
Place of PublicationParis, France
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book with numerous wood engravings, some hand-colored
DimensionsOverall: 27.5 x 19.1 x 5.8 cm (10 13/16 x 7 1/2 x 2 5/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number1983.475
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Description
Paris: Garnier frères [about 1860])
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow, Boston (1850-1926), by whom bequeathed to MFA about 1926; accessioned 1983.
J. J. Grandville (Isidore-Adolphe Gèrard)
1845
J. J. Grandville (Isidore-Adolphe Gèrard)
Four people seated on a park bench
J. J. Grandville (Isidore-Adolphe Gèrard)
about 1835