Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, www.nga.gov (PD) This delicate portrait by Joseph Goodhue Chandler (American, 1813...

www.themet.org  Purchase, Patricia A. Cotti and Friends of Egyptian Art Gifts, 2017 How funny I find it that after coming up for air a...

It's been a great while since I featured anything by that jolly celebrant of all things cat and kitten, Oliver Herford.  Here is a selec...

another rerun from the collection

thanks ampersand

(PD) So you've seen that hilarious German ad for Netto Marken-Discount grocery stores, yes?  The one that rolls in all the cat memes...

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library.  Christmas cards dep...

By Internet Archive Book Images [No restrictions], via Wikimedia Commons This essence of catnap is found on page 72 of "Alexander a...

Kitten Coffin, 850-540 B.C.E. Bronze, animal remains (2 individuals), linen, 3 1/8 x 2 3/8 x 6 1/4 in. (8 x 6 x 15.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum,...

Leonard A. Lauder Collection of Japanese Postcards, www.mfa.org Kajita Hanko (Japanese, 1870-1919) didn't get enough time on th...

thanks wikimedia commons (pd) I have to hand it to Henriette Ronner-Knip (1821-1909): she's by far the most reliable source of momca...

thanks vintageimages.org. PD CAT'S THANKSGIVING DAY. "Give me turkey for my dinner," Said a tabby cat. "Before y...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art,  Gift of Mrs. V. Everit Macy, 1923 . www.metmuseum.org. OASC   What are there, four of these little mons...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art,  Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1966.  www.metmuseum.org. OASC New York, circa 184...

thanks seattle antiques co, i own this

In her autobiography, the English actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell (Beatrice Stella Tanner) tells how a dreamed black kitten and her her pu...

From a book of poetry primarily having to do with life at Oxford:  the littlest member of the office staff gets their very own poem.  (L...

thank you kib prestridge for your awesome cover Yes, I know, you've heard me talk about it so long you thought it was never going t...

"British Library HMNTS 11651.m.3." public domain Such a face! Have fun with that spool, baby. This image comes from Songs an...

From a tiny children's book of kitten poetry published in the 1920's.  Not sure which war the poet had in mind at this time; perhaps...