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DescriptionRichard Wittington and his Cat.jpg	Portraits of Sir Richard Whittington, & his Cat from an original painting at Mercers Hall. 19th Century engraving printed for Alex Hogg and Co, London. Though missing the signature, this otherwise appears to be an exact replica of the etching by Guillaume Philippe Benoist (a 1766 print is shown on web at at National Portrait Gallery)[1]
Date	1805 (Publication date of Vol.3, out of 6 vols., 1802-08)
Source	From “History of the Memorable Sir Richard Whittington”, in The New Wonderful Museum, and Extraordinary Magazine^[2], volume vol. 3, Alex. Hogg & Co., 1805, page 1420 OCLC:43172669.
Author	Alex Hogg and Co, after Guillaume Philippe Benoist
Permission (Reusing this file)	Public Domain

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current	15:54, 21 April 2014	432 × 540 (98 KB)	AnonMoos	losslessly grayscaling
	16:00, 15 January 2014	432 × 540 (109 KB)	Kiyoweap	Larger version from:{{cite book\|last1=Granger\|first1=William\|last2=Caulfield\|first2=James \|chapter=History of the Memorable Sir Richard Whittington\|title=The New Wonderful Museum, and Extraordinary Magazine\|publisher=for Alex. Hogg & Co.\|year=1805\|url=...
	13:55, 23 August 2006	241 × 288 (22 KB)	Bejnar	{{Information \|Description=Portraits of Sir Richard Whittington, & his Cat from an original painting at Mercers Hall. 19th Century engraving printed for Alex Hogg and Co, London. \|Source=scanned in from book http://www.aprint4all.com/product_info.php/prod