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Print made by James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765, Irish, Love Me, Love My Cat, ca. 1756
- Title:
- Love Me, Love My Cat
- Former Title(s):
- Girl with a Cat
- Date:
- ca. 1756
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 15/16 × 8 7/8 inches (32.9 × 22.5 cm), Image: 11 3/8 × 8 7/8 inches (28.9 × 22.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and gray ink, lower center: "Love me - Love my Cat.-"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower center: "#55"
Lettered, lower left: "P.Mercier Pinxt."; lettered, lower right: "J. Mc.Ardell fecit."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.571
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bonnet | cat (domestic cat) | genre subject | love | maid | woman
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22267
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John Ingamells, A Catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings, and Etchings of Philip Mercier, Volume of the Walpole Society, vol. 46, Walpole Society, 1976-8, no. 158, N12 W35 +A1 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]
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