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Pets - Death

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  • King George IV and the Marchioness of Conyngham grieve over the body of a dead giraffe, which had been sent to them by Mehmet Ali, Pasha of Egypt. Lithograph attributed to J. Doyle, 1829.
  • A funeral procession of elderly women with cats in their arms, following the coffin of a dead cat, in a churchyard. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Pettit after E.G. Byron, 1789.
  • Emily M. Madden's cat Mouton. Drawings by Emily M. Madden, 1856-1859.
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    A funeral procession of elderly women with cats in their arms, following the coffin of a dead cat, in a churchyard. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Pettit after E.G. Byron, 1789.

    Byron, Frederick George, 1764-1792. | Date: 10 April 1789 | Reference: 563070i
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    King George IV and the Marchioness of Conyngham grieve over the body of a dead giraffe, which had been sent to them by Mehmet Ali, Pasha of Egypt. Lithograph attributed to J. Doyle, 1829.

    Doyle, John, 1797-1868. | Date: Augt. 11 1829 | Reference: 581026i
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    Emily M. Madden's cat Mouton. Drawings by Emily M. Madden, 1856-1859.

    Madden, Emily Mary, 1848- | Date: [1859?] | Reference: 28112i
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