With Cat-Like Tread

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Snarleyyow -- or, The dog fiend, Captain Marryat, 1837, illustration by J. Ayton Symington, 1896

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Noel McKenna, Pet Cat Frightened, 2014 (via Chris McAuliffe)

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"Tibby," owned by Bette Davis, from 1942 Jersey Dog Food company calendar of famous actors and their dogs (artist unknown, via Ebay)

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Rea Irvin, The Smythes (via Print)

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-- George Booth, The New Yorker

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-- San Francisco Call, 1914

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-- Jólin koma, Jóhannes úr Kötlum, 1932

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Merchant’s Gargling Oil trade card, late 19th century (From This Fabulous Century: 1870s-1900s, scanned by weirdvintage)

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– The Folio Book of Humorous Verse, 2002 (illustration by Posy Simmonds)

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(via Atlas Obscura)

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Cover illustration by Bold, 1925

(via John Clute)

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Fat Feet (Red Grooms, 1966)

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Robert Crumb, self-portrait age 17, c.1960 

(via R. Crumb)

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Tropical Forest With Monkeys, Henri Rousseau, 1910

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- Helen Bannerman, The Story of the Teasing Monkey

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Dod Procter, “Bill and Cat,” c. 1925

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Cat, Antonio Frasconi, 1965

(via James Main Fine Art)