Hungry Little Kittens

Publisher Currier & Ives American
1868–78
Not on view
A mother cat stands on top a crate that has been tipped on its side to hold her five kittens. Holding a mouse in her mouth, she prepares to give it to her hungry brood, one of which eagerly climbs up the side of the crate. A cat on top of a crate that serves as a nursery for her kittens, holds a mouse and prepares to give it to her five kittens. An empty dish sits at left.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Hungry Little Kittens
  • Publisher: Currier & Ives (American, active New York, 1857–1907)
  • Date: 1868–78
  • Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
  • Dimensions: Image: 9 15/16 × 12 1/2 in. (25.2 × 31.8 cm)
    Sheet: 7 15/16 × 10 1/16 in. (20.2 × 25.6 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962
  • Object Number: 63.550.441
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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