Greeting Card - Resting Cats ... from a 1860s sketch by Herbert Sconce.
 
This Sleeping Cat note card is taken from a collection of sketches drawn by Herbert Sconce, English Commissioner to India, 1861-1865. I extracted it from original drawings that I have from the Sconce estate. This cat image is suitable for framing.

Herbert Sconce (1833-1867) was Principal Commissioner and Captain in the Bengal Army, stationed in Assam, India. Alas, as an ambassador from Britain in India, Herbert was a disaster. His arrogance and antagonism toward the people of the Pulagahri region led to the now infamous and deadly uprising in October of 1861. Herbert was just not into the “commissioner thing.” He left the administration and decision making largely up to his deputies. In official meetings he was bored and inattentive. He would spend his time drawing sketches, many of which he would later color at home.