But while they were all thus a merry-making...a cat and her kittens came tumbling in.
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Title
But while they were all thus a merry-making...a cat and her kittens came tumbling in.
Collection
Children's book illustrations
Nursery rhymes -- Frog he would a-wooing go
Names
Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905 (Wood-engraver)
Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886 (Artist)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1885
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Subjects
Nursery rhymes
Animals in human situations
Dance
Rats
Genres
Notes
Source Identifier: 18968 (Hades Legacy Identifier / Struc ID)
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 1 print : b ; sheet 16 x 21 cm.
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 66c7f500-c5bc-012f-105f-58d385a7bc34
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Date Issued
1885
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "But while they were all thus a merry-making...a cat and her kittens came tumbling in." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1885. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/66c7f500-c5bc-012f-105f-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1885). But while they were all thus a merry-making...a cat and her kittens came tumbling in. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/66c7f500-c5bc-012f-105f-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "But while they were all thus a merry-making...a cat and her kittens came tumbling in." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/66c7f500-c5bc-012f-105f-58d385a7bc34
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