Puss in Boots or General Junot Taken by Surprise

Publisher Thomas Tegg British
April 12, 1811
Not on view
A woman, girding up the skirts of her dress, has dressed up in the cocked hat, boots, and sword-belt of General Junot, and joyfully marches beside his bed, brandishing his sword in her right hand, while she looks over her shoulder at the general. Junot sits up in bed at right and looks at her angrily.

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Object Information
  • Title: Puss in Boots or General Junot Taken by Surprise
  • Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
  • Publisher: Thomas Tegg (British, London 1776–1846 London)
  • Date: April 12, 1811
  • Medium: Hand-colored etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 13 11/16 × 9 5/8 in. (34.8 × 24.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
  • Object Number: 59.533.1407
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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