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English: Puss in Boots

Record number: 23051301 Artist: Kubel, Otto (German, 1868-1951) Item caption, front: Brüder Grimm / Der gestiefelte Kater / O. Kubel, pinx. Item caption/descriptive text, back: 5. "Man hat mir versichert," begann der Kater, " daß Ihr die Gabe besäßet, gnädiger Herr, Euch in alle Arten von Tieren zu verwandeln." -- "Das ist auch wahr," antwortete der Zauberer, "um es dir zu beweisen, will ich mich gleich in einen Elefanten verwandeln." Der Kater war erschrocken, als er den Elefanten vor sich sah, und bat den Zauberer, sich in eine Maus zu verwandeln. Das geschah, dia Maus lief plötzlich hin und her, der Kater aber haschte sie und fraß sie auf. = "I have been told," began the cat, "that you have the gift, honored sir, of transforming yourself into all kinds of animals." "That is certainly true," answered the magician, "and to prove it to you, I will transform myself immediately into an elephant." The cat was astounded when he saw the elephant in front of him, and then asked the magician to transform himself into a mouse. That happened: the mouse suddenly ran back and forth, but the cat caught it and ate it up. Uniform title: Grimm: Der gestiefelte Kater (“Puss in Boots”); Perrault: Le Maître chat ou Le Chat botté ("Puss in Boots" or “The Master Cat”) Dimensions: 140 x 93 mm. Date: ca. mid-1920s or earlier Nationality: German Publisher: Uvachrom Gesellschaft für Farbenphotographie m.b.H., München [Munich]-Stuttgart, [Germany] Series: Serie 223 Nr. 4293 Medium: Uvachrom color print from original watercolor painting Interpretive notes: The Cat asks the sorcerer to demonstrate his powers. The sorcerer first transforms into an elephant; but when he then changes into a mouse, the cat catches him and gobbles him up! Subject headings: Cats; Magicians; Monkeys; Elephants

Credit: The Jack Zipes Historic Fairy Tale Postcard Collection/Minneapolis College of Art and Design