# The Child and the Cat

- By: Marguerite Gérard (French, 1761-1837)
- Date: 1778
- Medium: Etching and drypoint in black on ivory laid paper
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: Image: 22.8 × 17 cm (9 × 6 3/4 in.); Plate: 26.1 × 19.1 cm (10 5/16 × 7 9/16 in.); Sheet: 27.1 × 20.3 cm (10 11/16 × 8 in.)
- Culture: France
- Credit line: Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/151471)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/97d9531ad4d054e177591d05e6e4f403.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)