tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-362626752024-03-13T12:35:15.210-07:00The Pet Museum: the lives times art and history of our petsthe lives, times, art and history of our petscuratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02489649350600851213noreply@blogger.comBlogger3166125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36262675.post-20064432534191693102020-10-27T08:10:00.008-07:002020-10-27T08:12:22.726-07:00the cat (italian quarter, new york city)<p> Hans Trausil, a translator and poet of the 1920's, gives us this glimpse of a tough little urban scrapper.</p><div class="ocrx_block" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="ocr_par" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ocr_line" data-line-break="true" data-width="0.590072504182934" style="border: 0px; 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box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="955 991 1058 1048" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cat </span></span></span><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="605 1081 744 1126" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(Italian</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;"> </span><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="764 1081 922 1126" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; 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box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Where</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="669 1213 725 1258" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="743 1213 865 1258" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">copper</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="881 1213 965 1258" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">light</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="980 1213 1020 1258" style="border: 0px; 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line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">see</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="623 1308 678 1353" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="692 1308 750 1353" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">tail</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="766 1308 805 1353" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">of</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="817 1308 872 1353" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="886 1308 1071 1353" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">hungering</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="1085 1308 1148 1353" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">one</span></span></span><span class="ocr_line" data-line-break="true" data-px="" data-width="0.64026770775237" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="469 1403 634 1447" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span><span class="ocr_line" data-line-break="true" data-px="" data-width="0.64026770775237" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="469 1403 634 1447" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Brushing</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="648 1403 703 1447" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="718 1403 798 1447" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">grey</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="813 1403 1000 1447" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">pavement.</span></span><span class="ocr_line" data-line-break="true" data-px="" data-width="0.64026770775237" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="468 1449 578 1494" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Softly</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="591 1449 656 1494" style="border: 0px; 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font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">wind-blown</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="931 1449 991 1494" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">rag</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="1006 1449 1045 1494" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">of</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="1058 1449 1174 1494" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">yellow</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="1193 1449 1249 1494" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">fur</span></span><span class="ocr_line" data-line-break="true" data-px="" data-width="0.64026770775237" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="469 1496 500 1540" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="514 1496 598 1540" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">curls</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; 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box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">wheel</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="931 1496 969 1540" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">of</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="982 1496 1037 1540" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="1049 1496 1168 1540" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">wagon</span></span><span class="ocr_line" data-line-break="true" data-px="" data-width="0.64026770775237" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="467 1543 594 1587" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Where</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="613 1543 670 1587" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">she</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="688 1543 745 1587" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">sits</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="763 1543 912 1587" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">feigning</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="931 1543 948 1587" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">a</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="967 1543 1027 1587" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">life</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="1044 1543 1132 1587" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">most</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="1149 1543 1295 1587" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">tedious;</span></span></p></div><div class="ocrx_block" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="ocr_par" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ocr_line" data-line-break="true" data-width="0.733407696597881" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="467 1636 515 1680" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="528 1636 655 1680" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">though</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="668 1636 804 1680" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">longing</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="820 1636 877 1680" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">for</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="889 1636 944 1680" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="960 1636 1104 1680" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">oblivion</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="1120 1636 1158 1680" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">of</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="1171 1636 1315 1680" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">slumber</span></span></span><span class="ocr_line" data-line-break="true" data-px="" data-width="0.728388176240937" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="467 1683 531 1728" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">She</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="543 1683 681 1728" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">huddles</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="694 1683 871 1728" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">crookedly</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="884 1683 1029 1728" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">between</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="1042 1683 1103 1728" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">her</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="1114 1683 1188 1728" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">lean</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="1202 1683 1306 1728" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">flanks</span></span></span><span class="ocr_line" data-line-break="true" data-px="" data-width="0.669827105409928" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="467 1730 545 1775" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">And</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="559 1730 665 1775" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">blinks</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="682 1730 715 1775" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">at</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="730 1730 793 1775" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">you</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="809 1730 984 1775" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">slantingly</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="1000 1730 1065 1775" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">and</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="1080 1730 1201 1775" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">yawns,</span></span></span><span class="ocr_line" data-line-break="true" data-px="" data-width="0.512548800892359" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="466 1776 544 1821" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">And</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="559 1776 592 1821" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">at</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="607 1776 701 1821" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">times</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="716 1776 736 1821" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">a</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="751 1776 919 1821" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">twitching</span></span></span></p></div><div class="ocrx_block" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="ocr_par" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ocr_line" data-line-break="true" data-width="0.600111544896821" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="470 1870 605 1916" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ripples</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="618 1870 762 1916" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">through</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="777 1870 836 1916" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">her</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="851 1870 972 1916" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">hollow</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="986 1870 1076 1916" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">body</span></span></span><span class="ocr_line" data-line-break="true" data-px="" data-width="0.702175125488009" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="466 1917 625 1956" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Wherein</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="644 1917 756 1956" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">dwells</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="774 1917 830 1956" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="846 1917 1032 1956" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">murderess</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="1050 1917 1116 1956" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">and</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="1132 1917 1259 1956" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">harlot;</span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="ocr_line" data-width="0.762409369771333" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="466 1964 515 2008" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="529 1964 653 2008" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">though</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="671 1964 726 2008" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">for</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="739 1964 879 2008" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">pastime</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="893 1964 950 2008" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">she</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="963 1964 1118 2008" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">crouches</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="1132 1964 1224 2008" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">there</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="1238 1964 1367 2008" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">silently</span> </span></span></p><p class="ocr_par" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="ocr_line" data-end-paragraph="true" data-line-break="true" data-px="" data-width="0.661461238148355" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="467 2011 497 2056" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="512 2011 636 2056" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">shabby</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="653 2011 802 2056" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Buddha,</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="819 2011 979 2056" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">solitarily</span> <span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="993 2011 1186 2056" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">enthroned.</span></span></span></p><p class="ocr_par" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="ocr_line" data-end-paragraph="true" data-line-break="true" data-px="" data-width="0.661461238148355" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="993 2011 1186 2056" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="ocr_par" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="ocr_line" data-end-paragraph="true" data-line-break="true" data-px="" data-width="0.661461238148355" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ocrx_word" data-coords="993 2011 1186 2056" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">-- </span></span><span style="background-color: #fffefb; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: underline; text-indent: -24px; vertical-align: baseline;">Anthology of Magazine Verse.</span><span style="background-color: #fffefb; font-style: inherit; text-indent: -24px;"> W.S. Braithwaite, ed. New York: Schulte Pub. Co. [etc.], 1922.</span><span style="background-color: #fffefb; color: #4f4f4f; font-style: inherit; text-indent: -24px;"> </span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">p. 12. Originally in </span><span style="font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><i>The</i></span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><i>Measure</i></span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">, March 1922. 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Considering how alertly these hunting dogs leap upon the boars and hinds in this panel, I'm surprised at how calm the leopards appear. The object's <a href="http://collection.imamuseum.org/artwork/77849/#object-info" target="_blank">page at the Indianapolis Museum of Art</a> doesn't indicate where it was made; were leopards part of the scenery there, or did a European workshop include them to show the valor of the patron's hounds? This textile was made circa 1600, and still retains luscious color. curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02489649350600851213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36262675.post-9415538826347194752019-06-23T09:27:00.001-07:002019-06-23T09:27:18.108-07:00revolutionary dog truce<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Germantown, Pennsylvania, October 1777: American and British troops face each other across the battlefield. They've been doing this since the 4th of October under the commands of Sir William Howe (British) and George Washington (American). Washington's plan was to surround and entrap the British from all four sides. Because the American forces weren't as experienced as their opponents, this didn't quite work, and resulted in a defeat for the American forces.<br />
The Battle of Germantown may have been an overall loss, but there was one small win for the Colonies on October 6: a short cease fire was called so the Americans could return a small dog to his owner...his British owner, Sir William Howe. A terrier with Howe's name on his collar had been found unharmed but grubby on the battlefield. Washington had the little guy cleaned and fed, then escorted back to Howe under a flag of truce with a note:<br />
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Strikeouts are as in original note (and the habit of addressing nobility obviously dies hard, it seems). Want to see it? I found it <a href="https://barkpost.com/good/george-washington-dog-ceasefire/" target="_blank">here</a>. <br />
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PS: Your friendly Curator has been in the middle of a major move for a while now and that's not going to settle down quite yet. Stay tuned, and I'll post as I can. <br />
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For Cinco de Mayo I'm bringing you this sprightly wood-engraved scene by Jose Guadalupe Posada. Here in <i>Mujer bailando con gato</i> (Woman Dancing with a Cat, c. 1900) a dancer steps out in her fine fringed shawl, surrounded by her similarly decked friends. But why's the cat in a tailcoat? After doing a little reading on Posada (like <a href="http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/285-mexico-s-daumier-jose-guadalupe-posada-1852-1913" target="_blank">here</a>), I think this is his way of lampooning a personage, a fat cat. You have to admit that cat isn't skinny, and the fancy coat has long been shorthand for identifying bankers, politicos and other possibly-corruptible callings. Is this poking fun at an official playing at being "man of the people"? </div>
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<a href="https://www.libraryireland.com/biography/MaryMonck.php" target="_blank">Mary Monck</a> (Irish, d. 1715) was the second daughter of the first Viscount Molesworth; the wife of George Monck of Dublin; accomplished in Latin, Spanish and Italian; and a poet whose verse was published by her father after her death. In that slim volume, titled <u>Marinda: Poems and Translations upon Several Occasions</u>, there's the following short and tender reflection:<br />
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<b>On a Favourite Dog</b><br />Press gently on him, earth, and all around<br />Ye flowers spring up, and deck th' enamelled ground,<br />Breathe forth your choicest odours, and perfume<br />With all your fragrant sweets his little tomb.<div>
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This was likely in honor of her father's white greyhound, who died in 1714 and in whose honor a monument was raised near the family's English estate in Yorkshire. You can see that monument and read more on its history <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091015113242/http://www.molesworth.id.au/downloads/dec1999.PDF" target="_blank">here</a>. (Scroll to page 2.)</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Poem found in: Squire, John Collings, Sir, 1884-1958. A Book of Women's Verse. Oxford: The Clarendon press, 1921, p. 48.</span>curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02489649350600851213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36262675.post-73056873332091103462019-04-11T07:45:00.002-07:002019-04-11T07:45:47.896-07:00snail world, puppy world<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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"A World of Things" (Momoyagusa) is a 3-volume set of woodblock prints by Japan's last great Rinpa-style master, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamisaka_Sekka" target="_blank">Kamisaka Sekka</a> (1866-1942). <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/rinp/hd_rinp.htm" target="_blank">Rinpa</a> was a style celebrating the natural world; when you learn that Sekka was sent to study in Europe during the Art Nouveau period, with its sinuous take on nature, you know you're in for some elegant viewing. So it is with print no. 18 from the second volume in the set. See how the rounded puppies look kind of like great big snails themselves? Even the snail seems to wonder about this as he stretches out his eyestalks to get a good look. Meanwhile, the puppy in back has such a funny look on his face. He's hanging back, but he wants to know what's up. Have fun, little friends.curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02489649350600851213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36262675.post-50318953817693436972019-04-02T07:37:00.000-07:002019-04-02T07:37:29.891-07:00seal of approval2100 BC, Mesopotamia: it's another day at the brickworks, and you've just impressed the official stamp on a fresh, moist, kiln-bound brick. <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collectionimages/AN00146/AN00146467_001_l.jpg" target="_blank">So who let the dog in</a>? To learn a little more, here's the brick's <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1344536&partId=1" target="_blank">page at the British Museum</a>.curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02489649350600851213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36262675.post-48635545720793221272019-03-11T08:00:00.002-07:002019-03-11T08:00:47.776-07:00drink to the dogs<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Perhaps this was a hunting cup: one hand on your weapons, one on your wine (so, one handled), and round the rim of the cup homage to the very dogs that were helping you chase down the prey. This is a Greek skyphos, a deep cup, dating from the late 8th to the early 7th century B.C. See where the handle's been placed? Imagine holding that. It probably helped stabilize the beverage. Here's this item's <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/254940" target="_blank">original page at the Met</a> if you would like to learn a little more.curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02489649350600851213noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36262675.post-35520182469567595162019-02-23T10:43:00.000-08:002019-02-23T10:43:28.659-08:00amsterdam blep<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Longtime Museum friends know that I often wish books still included decorations like this: at the end or beginning of a chapter, perhaps, or at the bottom of the page because why not. This particular one was etched sometime in the mid-1700's by Simon Fokke (Dutch, 1712-84), who made his living on tiny portraits and book vignettes. Whomever commissioned this tiny treasure must have had a sense of humor, because when you look closely....<br />
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This delicate portrait by Joseph Goodhue Chandler (American, 1813-84) dates from c. 1836-38. He had only just embarked on his painting career, and most of his early work is of family members. Perhaps this brown-eyed "Girl With a Kitten" is one of these relations. It's interesting to me how well modeled her face is compared to the flattened treatment of her dress and her pose; I also note the fine spray of greenery outside the window, which to me reflects all the tender growing this young lady has ahead. As sweet as she looks, she's got a fierce companion:<br />
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curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02489649350600851213noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36262675.post-17601944490131028962019-01-09T07:23:00.001-08:002019-01-09T07:23:23.894-08:00wordless vintage wednesday redux<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02489649350600851213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36262675.post-67751023197062838372019-01-08T07:58:00.001-08:002019-01-08T07:58:01.772-08:00under my paw<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf, www.artic.edu</td></tr>
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You can barely see the mouse under this feline's golden paw, but those who know cats will know that look of open-mouthed triumph. It's as if the cat was savoring the scent of victory. When I tell you that this jewel was crafted in Baroque Spain (c. 1575-1625), when that nation was still the leading world power and at a high point of its culture, you can see this cat had something most delicious to symbolize. <br />
This piece has seen some changes in its time, most readily apparent in its ears. See the holes? It had earrings once. If you'd like to do some art-historical-type digging into the life of this piece, find this:<br />
-- Ian Wardropper et al, "Renaissance Jewelry in the Alsdorf Collection," <u>The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 25</u>, 2 (2000), p. 69 and 96, no. 32. I have a <a href="https://archive.org/stream/RenaissanceJewelryInTheAlsdorfCollection/Renaissance%20Jewelry%20in%20the%20Alsdorf%20Collection_djvu.txt" target="_blank">link here</a>, all text.curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02489649350600851213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36262675.post-53233172498653951362019-01-07T08:18:00.001-08:002019-01-07T08:19:18.410-08:00bird bar<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Purchase, Judith F. and William H. Hernstadt Gift, 1985<br />
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If you were in the market for a bird fountain sometime around 1820-40 in New England, here's one for you. Made of blown glass, it measures all of 5.25 x 3.25 inches, including the bird figure at top; the perfect size for a pet finch's cage, I suppose. This was made by the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company of Sandwich MA. They are no longer in business, but you can see some of their history and creations at the <a href="http://sandwichglassmuseum.org/" target="_blank">Sandwich Glass Museum</a>.curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02489649350600851213noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36262675.post-81100128801365001502019-01-03T07:54:00.001-08:002019-01-03T07:54:23.724-08:00thoughtful<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The holidays are over. In January's chill, the scene at the Museum is basically this without the artistic embellishments of 1874: older dog relaxing, cats wondering what they can get into. Have a closer look:<br />
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If you're curious, here's how this looks <a href="https://archive.org/stream/balladsforlittle00cary/balladsforlittle00cary#page/172/mode/1up" target="_blank">on the book page</a>. You may notice that this is one of those books of "improving" poetry of which the 19th century was so fond, which I think rolls over into the slightly grim feel of the illustrations: a sly kitty, heavy funereal-looking wreaths.curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02489649350600851213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36262675.post-60132734713351758222019-01-02T08:08:00.002-08:002019-01-02T08:08:45.504-08:00a new take on chasing a dog<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In which the English cleric and wit Sydney Smith finds himself at Sir Edwin Landseer's studio chasing down a dog in the oddest way...</div>
* * *<br />Sydney Smith was once visiting the Landseer studio, and his eye chanced to light on the picture of a very peculiar-looking dog.<br />“Yes, it's a queer picture of a queer dog. The drawing is bad enough, and never pleased me!” And Landseer picked up the picture and gave it a toss out of the window. “You may have it if you care to go get it,” he carelessly remarked to the visitor. Smith made haste to run downstairs and out of the house to secure his prize. He found it lodged in the branches of a tree.<br />In telling the tale years afterward, Smith remarked that, whereas many men had climbed trees to evade dogs, yet he alone of all men had once climbed a tree to secure one.<div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">-- from Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915. Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters. Miriam ed East Aurora, N.Y.: The Roycrofters, 1911-12. p, 123-4.</span>curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02489649350600851213noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36262675.post-63240037132572011702018-12-31T07:23:00.001-08:002018-12-31T07:23:34.634-08:00happy new year!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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(Obligatory don't-feed-your-pets-champagne statement here.)<br />
Happy New Year, Museum readers! It's been a year of change and fortune here, with more to come in 2019, and I look forward to it all. I hope you too are looking forward to your 2019.<br />
With love to all creatures in your house,<br />
Your friendly curatorcuratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02489649350600851213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36262675.post-9494321607005959962018-12-28T07:54:00.000-08:002018-12-28T07:54:35.554-08:00"flattery"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">From Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864):</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">FLATTERY</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">"Men call you <i>dog</i>; now tell me why,"</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">A little girl said; in reply</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://medium.com/@mustaphahitani/diogenes-of-sinope-the-philosopher-troll-a01e1fc4eb08" target="_blank">Diogenes</a> said, smiling at her,</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">"My child! how wickedly men flatter!"</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">After this tart little left-handed compliment on dogs, you will not be surprised to learn that the Encyclopedia Britannica's <a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Walter-Savage-Landor" target="_blank">entry on Landor</a> practically leads with "Educated at Rugby School and at Trinity College, Oxford, Landor spent a lifetime quarreling with his father, neighbours, wife, and any authorities at hand who offended him."</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">--Poem from Leonard, R. M. Poems On Animals. London: Humphrey Milford, 1915, p. 87.</span>curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02489649350600851213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36262675.post-58178437923532475152018-12-26T07:21:00.000-08:002018-12-26T07:21:12.521-08:00christmas looked like this (wordless wednesday)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02489649350600851213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36262675.post-21742375477857833752018-12-24T07:26:00.004-08:002018-12-24T07:26:37.585-08:00safe from the christmas catThe Jolakotturinn of Iceland is <a href="https://www.icelandreview.com/news/christmas-cat-prowl-reykjavik/" target="_blank">bigger than life in Reykjavik this year</a>! This Christmas Cat goes after those who didn't get any new clothes at all for the holiday; even one small sock will get you off the hook. I'm safe because I have two whole new pairs of socks!<br />
Bjork has a song about this festive fiend. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4xG6hQWsno" target="_blank">It's in Icelandic</a>. Don't fret: you can <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj6skZAHfQE" target="_blank">see a translated version here</a>.<br />
<i>His whiskers, sharp as bristles, </i><br />
<i>His back arched up high, </i><br />
<i>And the claws of his hairy paws</i><br />
<i>Were a terrible sight.</i><br />
Sounds like business as usual around here. I think I shall go look for my new socks.curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02489649350600851213noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36262675.post-67933020179157459112018-12-18T07:53:00.000-08:002018-12-18T07:53:04.686-08:00happy birthday paul kleeToday's Google doodle <a href="https://www.google.com/doodles/paul-klees-139th-birthday" target="_blank">honors Paul Klee</a>. Longtime readers know that I have a great deal of affection for Klee, not just as an artist but as a person, not least for his deep affection for cats. Because many of the works I would love to show you are still under copyright, and everyone else has posted "<a href="https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79456" target="_blank">Cat and Bird</a>," I'll give you some links instead:<br />
The adorable <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/483131" target="_blank">Tomcat's Turf</a><br />
<a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/483159" target="_blank">A Pride of Lions</a> (Why not?)<br />
<a href="https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-klee/a-kind-of-cat-1937" target="_blank">A Kind of Cat</a><br />
<a href="https://bauhaus-movement.tumblr.com/image/173421016054" target="_blank">Cat Staring at the Moon</a><br />
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Do read his Diaries if you ever have the chance. They are so curious, full of wonder, and also full of references to the family cats.curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02489649350600851213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36262675.post-6456750883218816392018-12-17T08:04:00.000-08:002018-12-17T08:04:35.944-08:00feeling warm<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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1888, Japan: get a kotatsu stove, enough quilts, and a handy cat, and finally you'll be "Feeling Warm" like the title of this print by <a href="http://www.sinister-designs.com/graphicarts/yoshitoshi.html" target="_blank">Tsukioka Yoshitoshi</a> (Japan, 1839-1892). In his later years this great ukiyo-e woodblock artist suffered severely from depression, yet was able to create this snug and peaceful scene. Look how perfect that splash of crimson sleeve is, just enough not to overpower the scene, providing a spark of heat. Lovely.curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02489649350600851213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36262675.post-51326681345562069852018-12-15T09:23:00.003-08:002018-12-15T09:23:52.501-08:00cats on the pageOh boy! The British Library's "Cats on the Page" exhibit is up through March 17, 2019! Read all about it <a href="https://www.bl.uk/events/cats-on-the-page" target="_blank">here</a>.curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02489649350600851213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36262675.post-89893625433519508122018-12-12T08:09:00.001-08:002018-12-12T08:09:43.330-08:00vintage wordless wednesday<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02489649350600851213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36262675.post-23115638804796377462018-12-11T07:58:00.002-08:002018-12-11T07:58:26.050-08:00in which alexander pope appreciates his dogFrom a letter the poet <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pope" target="_blank">Alexander Pope</a> (1688-1744) wrote to a friend, identified as "H.C. Esq.":<br />
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...Now I talk of my Dog, that I may not treat of a worse subject which my spleen tempts me to, I will give you some account of him; a thing not wholly unprecedented since Montaigne (to whom I am but a Dog in comparison) has done the very same thing of his Cat. <i>Dic mihi quid melius desidiosus agam</i>? (This seems to mean something like "How can I do any better and I'm lazy anyway" - curator) You are to know then, that as 'tis Likeness that begets affection, so my favorite dog is a little one, a lean one, and none of the finest shap'd. He is not much a Spaniel in his fawning, but has (what might be worth any man's while to imitate from him) a dumb surly sort of kindness, that rather shows itself when he thinks me ill-used by others, than when we walk peaceably and quietly by ourselves. If it be the chief point of Friendship to comply with a friend's Motions and Inclinations, he possesses this in an eminent degree; he lies down when I sit, and walks when I walk, which is more than many good friends can pretend to...</blockquote>
-- from <b>Letters of Mr Pope, and Several Eminent Persons, from the year 1705, to 1711, Vol. 1</b> London: Printed and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1735. pp. 112-3.curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02489649350600851213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36262675.post-30901630148048759542018-12-10T07:27:00.000-08:002018-12-10T07:27:06.651-08:00no cats allowedHave you heard about the gatecrashers at Hiroshima <a href="http://japanese-museum.com/onomichi-city-museum-of-art-hiroshima/" target="_blank">Onomichi City Museum of Art</a>? The security guards have had to turn two of them away multiple times. They're very persistent, but they simply cannot come in. They haven't bought tickets, and - oh, right - they're cats. Ken-chan, and the ginger copycat Go-chan, stroll from their nearby homes to the automatic doors of the museum, wait for them to open, and <a href="https://hyperallergic.com/471431/denied-entry-cats-try-to-paw-past-japanese-museum-security-guard/" target="_blank">make a break for it</a>. So far the staff have caught them every time - and often on video, where you can <a href="https://twitter.com/bijutsu1" target="_blank">see their hijinks on Twitter</a>.curatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02489649350600851213noreply@blogger.com0