The Enemy on the Look-out.

PrintmakerMade by Kelloggs & Comstock American, 1848 - 1850

PublisherPublished by Kelloggs & Comstock American, 1848 - 1850

PublisherPublished by D. Needham American, 1808 - 1888

Date1849-1850

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 1/8 x 12 3/8in. (20.6 x 31.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 13 1/2 x 18in. (34.3 x 45.7cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund

DescriptionA mouse or rat eats a green vegetable, possibly a stalk of parsley, on a blue china plate on a wooden table. The remains of a soft-boiled egg are in an egg cup in the background. A striped cat looks in the window at the right.

Object number2001.1.1

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "THE ENEMY ON THE LOOK-OUT. / 198."

On verso, accession number inscribed in pencil, lower right.

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