A Bon Chat Bon Rat.Lache, et perfide époux, J'ai découvert ta flâme; / C'est elle qui m'oblige, à braver ton couroux, / Mais lorsque dans ton coeur, las raison te condamne, / Il te sied bien encour de paroitre jaloux.
A Paris chez Crepy, rue St Jacques à S. Pierre près la rue de la parcheminerie. [n.d., c.1740.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 310 x 230mm (12¼ x 9"), large margins.
A man catches his wife with her beau in a drawing room. She holds up a picture of a cat, claiming her husband loves the cat more than her. Possibly a scene from one of La Fontaine's fables.
[Ref: 44983] £290.00
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 310 x 230mm (12¼ x 9"), large margins.
A man catches his wife with her beau in a drawing room. She holds up a picture of a cat, claiming her husband loves the cat more than her. Possibly a scene from one of La Fontaine's fables.
[Ref: 44983] £290.00