"Don't You Wish You May Get It?"
PrinterPrinted by
Elijah Chapman Kellogg
(American, 1811 - 1881)
PublisherPublished by
Elijah Chapman Kellogg
(American, 1811 - 1881)
PublisherPublished by
Horace Thayer & Co.
(American, 1852)
Date1852-1853
MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width ): 8 1/16 x 12 5/16in. (20.5 x 31.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 1/8 x 14 3/16in. (25.7 x 36cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 1/8 x 14 3/16in. (25.7 x 36cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionA monkey holds a terrier dog by the tail with his left hand while dangling a dead rat in his right hand. The dog's collar lies on the stone floor at the far left. A wooden dog house is at the far right. Straw is on the floor of the dog house, and a bowl of water is nearby. A stone wall is in the background.
Object number1995.182.128
NotesTitle Note: The phrase "Don't you wish you may get it?" occurs in the script of the Punch and Judy show as published in London Labour and the London Poor by Henry Mayhew in 1851. (Finlay 8/4/2006)On View
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