Title: The occupations of my contemplative life were very simple, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
Object type: Print
Date: ca. 1837–47
Portfolio: Scenes de la Vie Privèe et Publique des Animaux
Artist:  J. J. Grandville 
Artist bio: French, Nancy 1803–1847 Vanves
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Illustrator
Medium: Wood engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 10 5/16 × 7 3/16 in. (26.2 × 18.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY