Henry Somm
Illustration for ‘Puss in Boots’
c. 1900
Scroll
Henry Somm
Illustration for ‘Puss in Boots’
c. 1900
Physical Qualities
Drypoint and etching, Sheet: 240 × 395 mm. (9 7/16 × 15 9/16 in.)
Image: 82 × 106 mm. (3 1/4 × 4 3/16 in.)
Plate: 82 × 106 mm. (3 1/4 × 4 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Daniel and Pearl K. Bell, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Object Number
1999.405
Daniel Bell, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Inscribed: Recto: In plate: 'Gais meneurs de joyeuse vie-'/'Monsieur Chat Botte vous convie'/'A festoyer au grand raout'/'Qu'il vous offira mi-aoùt'/'Samedi 27 Aoùt 6 heures'/'38 rue Bellefond'; Sheet: BL, below image in graphite, 'm/.5/'; BR, below image, stamped in red ink, 'HS' and winged insect (Lugt 1370); BCE, in graphite, 'illustration by H.S. to Puss in Boots. 19 cent.'; BRC, in graphite, 'H.Som'
Markings: stamp of Henry Somm (Lugt 1370)
