a cat finds autumn shelter

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Somewhere during the Joseon Dynasty around 1730, and probably sometime around the fall, the Korean painter Byeon Sang-byeok captured this "Autumn Cat in a Garden with Chrysanthemum." His portrayals of cats and chickens, it's said, were so particularly fine and popular that he was nicknamed "Byeon Cat" and "Byeon Rooster."  We don't know his precise life dates, but we do know that. And if this thoughtful, alert-whiskered fellow is any indication, we can bet that Byeon liked and understood cats well.