Etched state of an engraving by Gillot issued as a headpiece illustration on page 24 (Book I, fable 8), of M. de la Motte's "Fables nouvelles" (Paris : Gregoire Dupuis, 1719).
Forms part of a collection of 586 etchings by and after Claude Gillot, mounted into a bound album by a former owner, with letterpress title page reading "Oeuvres de Gillot." (see PML 198162).
Illustration shows a cat devouring a bat in front of a house at right in the foreground; at left, a young man stands in front of the door; another young man looks through the window at far left, watching the scene; beyond at right, a vase of flowers on a pedestal; a low garden wall runs in between the vase and the door.