Feline Collection (#23)

A Domestic Cat Playing with a Garter Snake, ca. 1860. Creator: Karl Bodmer
A Domestic Cat Playing with a Garter Snake, ca. 1860

Wild Cat, ca. 1860. Creator: Karl Bodmer
Wild Cat, ca. 1860

Orchids, Album Covers and Pages, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), dated 1832. Creator: Chen Wu
Orchids, Album Covers and Pages, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), dated 1832

Never Seen Before: True Picture of a Live Wild Tiger... sixth month 1860. Creator: Kawanabe Kyosai
Never Seen Before: True Picture of a Live Wild Tiger (Konjaku miken, Ikimono moko no shinzu), sixth month 1860. [Japanese Spotted Leopard and Roosters]

A Woman and a Cat, ca. 1793-94. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
A Woman and a Cat, ca. 1793-94

The Prisoner of War from The Complete Works of Beranger, 1836

The Female Cat from The Complete Works of Beranger, 1836. Creator: John Thompson
The Female Cat from The Complete Works of Beranger, 1836

Dolor (Sorrow), ca. 1580-1628? Creator: Raphael Sadeler
Dolor (Sorrow), ca. 1580-1628?

Sunday Evening, 1770-1780. 1770-1780. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Sunday Evening, 1770-1780

The Old Maids Prayer!!, February 10, 1801. February 10, 1801
The Old Maids Prayer!!, February 10, 1801

My Little White Kitties - Into Mischief, 1871. 1871. Creators: Nathaniel Currier
My Little White Kitties - Into Mischief, 1871

Christmas scene from King Nutcracker by Heinrich Hoffmann, 1853 (1956). King Nutcracker (Konig Nussknacker) is a childrens book written by Hoffmann (1809-1894), a German psychiatrist and author

King Tutankhamen (c1341 BC-c1323 BC) on a black leopard, 1936. Found in the collection of Cairo Museum. Plate taken from The Art of Ancient Egypt, published by the Phaidon Press (Vienna, 1936)

Burns Grace, late 19th century. Artist: Henry John Dobson
Burns Grace, late 19th century. Grace thought by some to have been written by Robert Burns (1759-1796), but which was possibly already in use before his time: Some hae meat and canna eat

Fantascope disc, 1833. Artist: Thomas Mann Baynes
Fantascope (Phenakistoscope), 1833. An optical toy depending on persistence of vision for its effect. The disc shows multiple images of cat chasing a bird

Roman Mosaic of Horseman hunting a leopard, Merida, Spain, c2nd-3rd century

Fossil skeleton of a sabre-toothed tiger (Smilodon Neogaeus Lund) from Rio Araco, Argentina

Egyptian papyrus of the cat of Ra killing Apophis the snake of evil
An image of the cat of Ra killing Apophis the snake of evil, from the papyrus of Hunefer, from the British Museums collection

Bacchus, Ancient Roman god of Wine, riding on a tiger, Roman mosaic, 1st or 2nd century. Bacchus was known as Dionysius in the Greek pantheon. From the British Museum, London

Freya (Frigg) goddess of love in Scandinavian mythology, driving her chariot pulled by cats
Freya (Frigg) goddess of love in Scandinavian mythology, wife of Wotan (Odin), driving her chariot pulled by cats. Friday is named for her

Out of the Bag!, 1871. Artist: Joseph Swain
Out of the Bag!, 1871. The cat is let out of the bag. The Conservative leader of the opposition, Mr Disraeli, suggests that perhaps the Conservative statesmen, represented here by Lord Butterfingers

The Huntress Diane, c1920. Artist: Arthur Rackham
The Huntress Diane, c1920. From The Connoisseur Vol LXI, [Otto Limited, London, 1921]

Sketch for Plate IV from Industry and Idleness, 1747. Artist: William Hogarth
Sketch for Plate IV from Industry and Idleness, 1747. The industrious apprentice stands with his master in the counting house. A porter enters, bearing rolls of cloth

Illustration to Skeats Fables and Folk Tales from An Eastern Forest, 1901. Artist: Frederick Henry Townsend
Illustration to Skeats Fables and Folk Tales from An Eastern Forest, 1901. Fables and Folk Tales from An Eastern Forest was a book by Walter William Skeat (1835?1912), published in 1901

La Femme Au Poulet, c1921. Artist: Armand Coussens
La Femme Au Poulet, c1921. From The Studio Volume 81. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1921]

Judging cats at the Royal Botanic Gardens show, Kew, London, c1900 (1901). Harrison Weir arranged the first formal cat show in England in 1871 at the Crystal Palace

Garden, 1880, (1904). Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Garden, 1880, (1904). From Whistler As I Knew Him, by Mortimer Menpes. [Adam and Charles Black, London, 1904]

A royal bag of tigers, 1911 (1935). A scene from King George Vs visit to India to attend the Delhi Durbar. From King Emperors Jubilee, by F. G. H. Salusbury [Daily Express Publications, London, 1935]

Jaguar and Macaw, late 19th century. Artist: John MacAllan Swan
Jaguar and Macaw, late 19th century

Woman with Kitten, 18th century. Artist: Jean-Simeon Chardin
Woman with Kitten, 18th century. From The Connoisseur Vol. XX. [Otto Limited, London, 1908]

A Mexican Coquette, 1912. Artist: Helen Hyde
A Mexican Coquette, 1912. From The Studio Volume 60 [The Offices of the Studio, London, 1913-14.]

The Farmers Door, 1790. Artist: Benjamin Duterrau
The Farmers Door, 1790. After George Morland (1763-1804). From The Connoisseur Vol. XXII. [Otto Limited, London, 1908-9]

Ambroise Vollard, French art dealer, 1934. Ambroise Vollard (1866-1939) is regarded as one of the most important dealers in French contemporary art. From The Studio Volume 107

A Jaguar, c1900. Artist: John MacAllan Swan
A Jaguar, c1900. From The Studio Volume 22. [The Offices of the Studio Ltd. London, 1901]

Cottage Children (Hobbinol and Gandaretta), c1883, (1903). Artist: DW Tomkins
Cottage Children (Hobbinol and Gandaretta), c1883. After a painting by Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788). From The Connoisseur Vol. VI [Otto Limited, London, 1903.]

Drawing by Hokusai, c1780-1849, (1929). Artist: Hokusai
Drawing by Hokusai. From The Studio Volume 98 [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1929.]

The Madonna of the Cat ( La Madonna del Gatto ), c1575, (1906). Artist: Anthony Cardon
The Madonna of the Cat ( La Madonna del Gatto ), c1575. After Federico Barocci (c1533-1612). Painting held in The National Gallery, London

The Orchard, Harrow: The Entrance Gate and Steps, c1880-1903, (1903). Artist: Joseph Walter West
The Orchard, Harrow: The Entrance Gate and Steps. The Orchard was designed by architect Arnold Mitchell (1863-1944). After a watercolour by Joseph Walter West (1860-1933)

Chaplin Court Treatts leopard, Abercorn to Tukuyu, Tanganyika, 1925 (1927). Artist: Thomas A Glover
Chaplin Court Treatts leopard, Abercorn to Tukuyu, Tanganyika, 1925 (1927). A print from Cape to Cairo, by Stella Court Treatt, George G Harrap & Company Ltd, 1927

Chinese Cat Merchants, 19th century. Artist: TA Prior
Chinese Cat Merchants, 19th century

The Tiger Hunt. Artist: AH Payne
The Tiger Hunt

Tiger (from life), 1803 (1886). From a painting on silk by Kiuho Toyei. Found in the collection of the British Museum. A print from The Pictorial Arts of Japan, by William Anderson, Sampson Low

Chinese boys quarrelling, 17th century (1886). Kano School. From a painting by Kano Naonobu. From the Wa-kan meihitsu gwa ho

Entertainment in a Roman arena, 1882-1884. Artist: Spex
Entertainment in a Roman arena, 1882-1884. A print from La France et les Francais a Travers les Siecles, Volume I, F Roy editor, Saint-Antoine, 1882-1884

Georges Courteline, French dramatist and novelist, 1900. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1920, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L Arcade, Paris 8

Collette, French novelist. Colette was the pen-name of Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873-1954), who is best known for her novel Gigi (1944)

Ocelot. Artist: A Bell
Ocelot

Animal carvings from the New Kingdom and Late Period, Egypt, 1936. Found in the collection of the Agyptisches Museum, Berlin

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