# The Cats

- By: Édouard Manet (published by Alfred Strölin (Swiss, 19th-20th centuries))
- Date: 1868–69
- Medium: Etching and aquatint with plate tone in warm black on cream laid paper
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: Image: 17.3 × 21.8 cm (6 13/16 × 8 5/8 in.); Plate: 18 × 22.6 cm (7 1/8 × 8 15/16 in.); Sheet: 29 × 41.1 cm (11 7/16 × 16 3/16 in.)
- Culture: France
- Credit line: Anonymous gift
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/62328)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/7e2da6e5-85aa-208b-aca7-7404fe2bd6fd/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)