print;
satirical print;
newspaper/periodical
- Museum number
- 1902,1011.9835
- Title
- Object: Purr shan chat
- Description
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Satire of Queen Victoria doting on a cat with a human face; the Queen wearing crown and holding sceptre, facing left, looking downwards at cat rubbing against her feet; illustration from "Puck" (20th July 1889)
Colour reproduction
- Production date
- 1889
- Dimensions
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Height: 309 millimetres (border of image)
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Width: 186 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Satirical comment on the third visit to Britain of Nasser al-Din, Shah of Persia in 1889. On his first visit in 1873 he was invested with the Order of the Garter; his second visit was in 1878.
Cataloguing supported by the Pilgrim Trust
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Puck
- Acquisition date
- 1902
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1902,1011.9835