The Deceived Kittens, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1702

Title page to a tract entitled "de misleide poesjes", no. 39 in the series entitled "esopus in europa"; in the centre, an etching showing louis xiv as a fox. On the left, he appears in the skin of a sheep-dog attacking the sheep-fold; on the right, in a monk's habit attacking geese; in the foreground, dressed as a precentor (the cleric responsible for choral services) holding a sheet of music and with other sheets on the ground, attacked by cats (britain and the netherlands) whose kittens he has killed. 1702 etching with letterpress printed in black ink. Date: 1702. Dimensions: Height: 96 mm (image plate); Height: 189 mm (sheet); Width: 136 mm (image plate); Width: 145 mm (sheet). Medium: paper. Depicted People: Aesop. Collection: British Museum. De Misleide Poesjes (The Deceived Kittens) (BM 1854,0513.522.39)