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Still Life with a Cat, 1912. Artist: Jean JoveneauStill Life with a Cat, 1912. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg
Eiaha Ohipa (Not Working. Tahitians in a Room), 1896. Artist: Paul GauguinEiaha Ohipa (Not Working. Tahitians in a Room), 1896. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
Hunting an excaped leopard, Meudon, Paris, 1897. Artist: Henri MeyerHunting an excaped leopard, Meudon, Paris, 1897. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 13th June 1897
The new wildcat house at the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, 1895. Artist: Oswaldo TofaniThe new wildcat house at the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, 1895. People queuing to look at captive tigers. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 31st March 1895
The rag and bone man of Paris, 1892. Artist: Henri MeyerThe rag and bone man of Paris, 1892. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 27th August 1892
How a cat falls, 19th century. Artist: Gustave Francois LasellazHow a cat falls, 19th century. A print from les Dernieres Merveilles de la Science, by Daniel Bellet
The Last Supper, 1480. Artist: Domenico GhirlandaioThe Last Supper, 1480. Found in the Convent of San Marco, Refectory, Florence, Italy
Bamgali Ragini, Ragamala Album, School of Rajasthan, 19th century. A young ascetic sits in front of a pavilion that contains a leopard
Russian interior scene, 1856. From the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris
Carry Happiness, French Postcard, c1900. Private collection
French Postcard, c1900. Private collection
Education of the Virgin, c1773. Artist: Jean-Honore FragonardEducation of the Virgin, c1773
Where is mother going?, 1799. Artist: Francisco GoyaWhere is mother going?, 1799. Plate 65 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain
There it goes, 1799. Artist: Francisco GoyaThere it goes, 1799. Plate 66 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain
Trials, 1799. Artist: Francisco GoyaTrials, 1799. Plate 60 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain The series is evidence of the artists political liberalism
The Parosol, 1777. Artist: Francisco GoyaThe Parosol, 1777. Located in the collection at, Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain
Cleopatra testing poisons on those condemned to death, late 19th century. Artist: Sir Lawrence Alma-TademaCleopatra testing poisons on those condemned to death, late 19th century. The Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt, which ended with Cleopatra VII (69-30 BC)
Madonna, 15th century. Artist: Leonardo da VinciMadonna, 15th century. Top left: Madonna with the Stool, c1475-1478, from the collection of the Uffizi, Florence, Italy; top right: Madonna with the Unicorn, c1478
Institute of France, Paris, 1887. Artist: Emmanuel LansyerInstitute of France, Paris, France, 1887. Set up in 1795 to encompass the four (and later) five Academies to promote the perfection of arts and sciences in an interdisciplinary manner
The Princess Nyosan, 1765. Artist: Suzuki HarunobuThe Princess Nyosan, 1765
Watts First Experiment, 18th century, (c1870). Artist: Herbert BourneWatts First Experiment, 18th century, (c1870). James Watt (1736-1819) Scottish engineer, as a boy experimenting with the tea-kettle at the dining table of his childhood home at Greenock
European wild cat (Felis silvestris), 1828. From British Quadrupeds by William MacGillivray, one of the volumes in William Jardines Naturalists Library series. (Edinburgh, 1828)
The Worsted Winder, 1805. Artist: William Henry PyneThe Worsted Winder, 1805. A woman winding worsted thread onto bobbins ready for lace making. From The Costume of Great Britain by William Henry Pyne. (London, 1805)
Kitten Carved wooden bridle-plate from Pazyryk, Altai Mountains, 5th century BC-4th century BC. The Pazyryk burials are a number of Scythian Iron Age tombs found in the Pazyryk Valley of the Ukok
Wooden bridle ornament, Head of Tiger from Altai, 5th century BC-4th century BC. At the Hermitage Museum, Leningrad
Egyptian Bronze Cat, Sacred to the Goddess Bastet, Roman Period. c664BC-332 BC. The Gayer-Anderson Cat is an Ancient Egyptian statue of a cat, which dates from the Late Period (around 664-332 BC)
Egyptian Goddess Bastet as a Cat with Kittens, holding an Aegis, c664BC- 332BC. Egyptian Bronze, Late Period. British Museum
Witch and Cat: Pottery figure from Pecs, Hungary. 19th century
Cats in Rome at Pyramid of Celsius, 20th century. Artist: CM DixonCats 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
Kittens in Rhodes old town
Kitten in Heracleion, Crete
Kittens in Heracleion, Crete
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 centuryRoman mosaic of birds and a cat at a fountain from a house in Pompeii, 1st century
An Old Curate, late 1780s. Artist: Louis Leopold BoillyAn Old Curate, late 1780s. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
Fish, 1620. Artist: Frans SnydersFish, 1620. Snyders, Frans (1579-1657). Found in the collection of the M. Kroshitsky Art Museum, Sevastopol
Egyptian mummy of a cat from the Louvres collection
Doctor Syntax making his will, c1816. Artist: Thomas RowlandsonDoctor 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)
Youth and Age, 1866. Artist: Myles Birket FosterYouth 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)
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 CruikshankA 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 GillOtto 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)