Monkey forces a cat to pull the chestnuts out of the fire, print, The monkey Bertrand persuades the cat Raton to pull chestnuts out of the fire for him. He promises him a share, but the monkey eats it all himself. Fable by Jean de La Fontaine 'The Monkey and the Cat'., printmaker: Charles Verlat, 1834 - 1890, paper, chine collé, etching, drypoint, retroussage, intaglio printmaking technique, height 255 mm x width 205 mm, cat, monkeys, apes, fables, fruits: chestnut, A dark, detailed etching shows two animals entangled on a floor: a cat with light fur and dark patches lies stretched with an expression of distress, its paws splayed and body twisted, while a larger dark-furred primate presses over it with one arm draped across the cat and the other reaching toward the floor, its face turned down and brows furrowed. The scene includes a rough textured floor scattered with small round objects and debris, a section of a carved wooden stool with curved legs and decorative bands, a cylindrical...
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Monkey forces a cat to pull the chestnuts out of the fire, print, The monkey Bertrand persuades the cat Raton to pull chestnuts out of the fire for him. He promises him a share, but the monkey eats it all himself. Fable by Jean de La Fontaine 'The Monkey and the Cat'., printmaker: Charles Verlat, 1834 - 1890, paper, chine collé, etching, drypoint, retroussage, intaglio printmaking technique, height 255 mm x width 205 mm, cat, monkeys, apes, fables, fruits: chestnut, A dark, detailed etching shows two animals entangled on a floor: a cat with light fur and dark patches lies stretched with an expression of distress, its paws splayed and body twisted, while a larger dark-furred primate presses over it with one arm draped across the cat and the other reaching toward the floor, its face turned down and brows furrowed. The scene includes a rough textured floor scattered with small round objects and debris, a section of a carved wooden stool with curved legs and decorative bands, a cylindrical column rising at the right edge, and a smoky column of curling vapor or flame near the left edge beside a small pedestal topped by a spherical object. The background is composed of dark crosshatched wall panels creating a shadowed interior atmosphere.

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Monkey forces cat pull chestnuts fire print monkey Bertrand persuades cat Raton pull chestnuts promises share monkey eats Fable Jean de La Fontaine Monkey Cat printmaker Charles Verlat 1834 - 1890 paper chine collé etching drypoint retroussage intaglio printmaking technique height 255 mm x width 205 mm monkeys apes fables fruits chestnut dark detailed etching two animals entangled floor light fur dark patches lies stretched expression distress paws splayed body twisted larger dark-furred primate presses arm draped across reaching face turned down brows furrowed scene includes rough textured floor scattered small round objects debris section carved wooden stool curved legs decorative bands cylindrical column rising right edge smoky column curling vapor flame near left edge beside small pedestal topped spherical object background composed crosshatched wall panels creating shadowed interior atmosphere

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