Feline Collection (page 25)

Detail of Persian Emperor Carpet, 16th century. Feline (cheetah or leopard) attacks a gazelle. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Aztec Nefrite Head of a Jaguar, 1300-1521. The jaguar is America?s largest and most powerful cat, and for more than three thousand years it has been Mexico?s most enduring symbolic animal

Witch and Cat: Pottery figure from Pecs, Hungary. 19th century

Cats in Rome at Pyramid of Celsius, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Cats in Rome at Pyramid of Celsius, 20th century. Largo di Torre Argentina is a square in Rome, with an ancient love for cats that goes back to Imperial Rome

Facade of Shir-Dar Madrasa, 17th century
Facade of Shir-Dar Madrasa (meaning decorated with tigers ), 17th century

Ritual axe-head in the shape of a leopard from Crete, now in the Archaeological Museum in Heracleion

Mochica stirrup-spout vessel of a male figure with a jaguars head, 3rd century
Mochica stirrup-spout vessel of a male figure with a jaguars head and a crouching jaguar with a mans head, 3rd century

Kittens in Rhodes old town

Kitten in Heracleion, Crete

Kittens in Heracleion, Crete

Chinese bronze harness plaque of a tiger and gryphon, 2nd century BC
Chinese bronze harness plaque of a tiger and gryphon in Ordos style, from the British Museums collection, 2nd century BC

Detail from the Egyptian satirical papyrus of a fox playing the pipes and leading goats, and a cat leading geese. From the British Museums collection

Picture of a cat in Athens

Roman mosaic of birds and a cat at a fountain, 1st century
Roman mosaic of birds and a cat at a fountain from a house in Pompeii, 1st century

Roman mosaic of a ferry-boat, 2nd century
Roman mosaic of a ferry-boat on the Nile from Pompeii, 2nd century

Painting of the gods Siva and Khrishna accompanied by a bull, tiger, and jackals
Painting of Siva and Khrishna accompanied by a bull, tiger, and jackals, from Mandi in India. from the V&As collections collection in London

Painting of the god Siva with attributes from Mandi, from the V&As collection

An Old Curate, late 1780s. Artist: Louis Leopold Boilly
An Old Curate, late 1780s. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Roman mosaic showing the Triumph of Bacchus, 3rd century
Roman mosaic showing the Triumph of Bacchus, from Souisse, Tunisia, 3rd century

Roman mosaic of performers killing a leopard at a spectacle, 3rd century
Roman mosaic of a spectacle, showing members of the Telegenic Troop killing leopards, as a servant brings their pay. From Moknine, Tunisia, and now at Sousse Museum, 3rd century

Opus sectile mosaic of a tiger seizing a calf, 4th century
Opus sectile mosaic of a tiger seizing a calf from the Basilica of Junius Basio in Rome, now in the Capitoline Museum, 4th century

Turkish sculpture of a mother-goddess on a leopard throne
Clay sculpture of a mother-goddess from Catal Huyuk, Turkey on a leopard throne giving birth

Fish, 1620. Artist: Frans Snyders
Fish, 1620. Snyders, Frans (1579-1657). Found in the collection of the M. Kroshitsky Art Museum, Sevastopol

Japanese Netsuke of a tiger, 19th century
Japanese Netsuke of a tiger, one of the twelve animals of the Japanese Zodiac, from the V&As collection, 19th century

Motif from Corinthian-style dish, 6th century BC
Motif from Corinthian-style dish of a big cat, in the Museum of Old Corinths collection, Greece, 6th century BC

Detail of a tiger on a Scythian sarcophagus made of Siberian cedar from the burial mound Bashadur 2 in Altai in Russia. now in the Hermitage Museums collection in St Petersburg

Bridle decoration representing a horned tiger and two swans, 5th century BC
Bridle decoration representing a horned tiger and two swans from barrow two in Altai in Russia. In the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, 5th century BC

Sarmatian gold open-work plaque showing a tiger and fantastic beast in combat, from Siberia

Egyptian mummy of a cat from the Louvres collection

Bronze standard finial with two felines, Luristan Culture, from western Iran, c10th-7th century BC. From the British Museums collection

Chinese fourth century BC bronze plaque, depicting a tiger looking back. An Ordos type bronze plaque, from the British Museums collection

Roman relief of gladiators fighting wild beasts
Roman relief of gladiators fighting lions

Netsuke carved in the form of a tiger, one of the 12 animals of the Japanese zodiac
Netsuke carved in the form of a rat, one of the 12 animals of the Japanese zodiac. A netsuke is a fastening for attaching a pouch for carrying personal items (inro) to the sash of a kimono

Doctor Syntax making his will, c1816. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Doctor Syntax making his will, c1816. Servants leave the room so that he can speak with his lawyer in privacy. Illustration for Tours of Dr Syntax by William Combe. (London, c1816)

The Deluge, 1866. Artist: Gustave Dore
The Deluge, 1866. The last frantic attempts to cling to life. And all flesh died that moved upon the earth.... From the Bible (Genesis 7.22)

Roman mosaic deoicting a tiger and gladiators, 2nd century

Youth and Age, 1866. Artist: Myles Birket Foster
Youth and Age, 1866. An idylllic scene: grandmother, wearing a lace cap and a shawl, sits in a cottage garden with her two grandchildren

The Flower of the Flock, c1890. An artisan country family at the tea table showing loving, hopeless concern for a child who has not long to live. From The Girls Own Paper. (London, c1890)

Edward, Prince of Wales, hunting tiger during his state visit to India in 1876. Edward (1841-1910), the eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, became King Edward VII of Great Britain in 1901

Thomas Carlyle, Scottish-born British historian and essayist, 19th century. Carlyle (1795-1881) reading in his garden in Chelsea, London. Etching after a painting by Helen Allingham

Associates of the Witches of Belvoir. Anne Baker, Joanne Willimott and Ellen Greene, Leicestershire women with their pets and familiars

The Cats Paw: or Poor Pu(s)sey, 1850. Edward Pusey (1800-1882), English theologian, Anglo-Catholic and a leader of the Oxford Movement, shown being used as a cats paw by the Pope. Cartoon from Punch

A visit to a fortune teller, early 19th century. Artist: Isaac Robert Cruikshank
A visit to a fortune teller, early 19th century. Kate and Sue having their fortunes read in the cards (Cartomancy) by an old woman

The Good Bourgeois, 1893. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 20th May 1893

Saturday Night. Scene of a warm and cosy cottage interior. The mother washes a child in a tub in front of the range, while father reads his newspaper

Otto von Bismarck German statesman, when Conservative Deputy and Inspector of Dykes, 1867. Artist: Andre Gill
Otto von Bismarck German statesman, when Conservative Deputy and Inspector of Dykes, 1867. Cartoon published in La Lune (Paris, 1867) showing Bismarck (1815-1904 as a cat with a mousetrap)

Studio Interior, 1845. Artist: Octave Tassaert
Studio Interior, 1845. From the collection of the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France

Egyptian bronze of a cat and kittens, sacred to the goddess Bast, from the British Museums collection

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