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A reminder that Victorian kids spent their being jerks.

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2022-07-04

Tama the Cat wishes you a happy (Takahashi Hiroaki, 1926)

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2022-01-17

For your here is Pinturicchio's "The Return of Odysseus."

And a cat who couldn't care less.

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2022-01-10

Julie Manet with cat, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

I hope we’re not seeing a strangulation here.

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2020-02-24

“Portrait of Sophia Dumergue,” Johann Zoffany.

Yikes.

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2020-02-03

Marcello Bacciarelli, portrait of Julia Duhamel.

And one seriously ticked-off cat.

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2020-01-13

Meet Brian, Crazy Cat Gentleman. [Viva Gibb, Melbourne, 1978, via ]

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2019-08-05

Happy Caturday from the Museum of Printing!

This image is from a wonderful donation of woodcuts, linocuts, etchings, prints, ephemera and books by distinguished artist and author Marian Parry of Runcible Press. Her work is slated for future exhibit.

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2019-08-03

Royal Artillery soldier and his somewhat bemused-looking friend, WWI. (Via )

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2019-07-15

This week's takes the prize! (h/t )

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2019-04-22

Amelia Van Buren and her reading partner. [Thomas Eakins, 1891]

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2018-11-19

Edgar the getting woken up to have his picture taken.

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2017-08-01

Though he was rather known for tigers and lions, did you know Eugène Delacroix also loved domestic cats? 🐱 ❤️

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2017-06-12

*Lunchtime* A fishmonger and her cat. Murshidabad, c. 1798. British Library, Add Or 1231.

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2017-02-21

The strangest things turn up from the Thames.

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2016-11-14

Cat Statuette intended to contain a mummified cat. Egypt, Ptolemaic period. Fr

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2016-03-14

Victorian felines wish you a meowy Christmas and a purry New Year!

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2015-12-21

Hand with a Bowl, and a Cat, 1885, Vincent van Gogh

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2014-12-01