Gallery›Wellcome Collection›A funeral procession of elderly women with cats in their arms, following the coffin of a dead cat, in a churchyard. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Pettit after E.G. Byron, 10 April 1789.
A funeral procession of elderly women with cats in their arms, following the coffin of a dead cat, in a churchyard. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Pettit after E.G. Byron, 10 April 1789.
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A funeral procession of elderly women with cats in their arms, following the coffin of a dead cat, in a churchyard. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Pettit after E.G. Byron, 10 April 1789.

Frederick George Byron

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Old maids at a cat's funeral; designed by F.G. Byron Esqr.; engraved by John Pettit

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