The Cat's Paw (Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince de Benevento & Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston).
London: Thomas McLean, 1832. Lithograph printed in black ink on white wove paper, 16 3/8 x 11 1/4 inches (415 mm x 286 mm), full margins. In very good condition with the numerals "206" written in brown ink on the top right corner. Light pencil inscription with the name John above the title in the lower margin. Printed by Alfred Ducôte, London.
Illustration in which a dog (Talleyrand) holds a cat (Palmerston) in his arms and tries to press its paw on a hot stove (Belgium and Antwerp). A satirical cartoon on the role of Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, the French ambassador in London, and of Minister Palmerston, who participated in the negotiations at the London Conference on the independence of Belgium, October 1832.
Item number: 1542
Price: $1,000.00
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