"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)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

Object number1995.182.128

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.

Collections

Kellogg Brothers Lithographs

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)

Status

Not on view