To celebrate World Cat Day, an overview of the importance of cats in art & life throughout history
An artist's portrait from Portugal:
A Meisje met kat (Girl with cat) from the Netherlands, 1800-1851
Chat Sauvage & Chat Domestique, France
The White Cat, a Drury Lane pantomime:
"Hélène et son chat" , photograph taken by photographer Fernand Poidevin on the 18 May 1907