498815 The Monkey and the Cat, illustration for \'Fables\' of La Fontaine (1621-95), published by H. Fournier Aine, 1838 (engraving) by Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard) (1803-47); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Singe et le Chat; in this fable the monkey Bertrand persuades the cat Raton to pull chestnuts from the fire, promising him a share; the monkey eats all the chestnuts while the cat gets his paws burnt; a maid enters and disturbs them and the cat gets no reward for its pains; origin of the English idiom \'Cat\'s paw\', referring to a person used unwittingly by another to accomplish his own purposes;); French, out of copyright.