Satire of Animal Lovers
Hand-Colored Lithograph, 19th Century

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Natural History Collectors Caricature - Matters of Taste No. 1
W. Clerk (lithographers)
Matters of Taste? As Regards Natural History (No. 1)
Hodgson's Wholesale Print Warehouse, London: 2nd Quarter, 19th Century
Hand-colored lithograph
10 x 14 inches
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Satirical print of an assortment of devoted animal enthusiasts with their favorite animal. The people are an eccentric assortment of odd-looking types themselves, the joke being that they have unconsciously chosen animals they tend to resemble -- a long-nosed woman is juxtaposed with a goat, an old woman asleep in a chair resembles the squinting, overfed cat on her lap, etc.