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Sporting Cats in the 19th Century
Even the best spaniels and retrievers couldn't compete with the “great skill” of a sporting cat....
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Classical Cats: The Feline Muses of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel
Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel were renowned cat lovers who famously allowed their feline muses to prowl at liberty while they composed....
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An Unlikely Friendship: The Cat and Mouse of Lord Lucan’s Bailiff
In the early 19th century, at the Earl of Lucan’s residence at Laleham, there was a very singular cat....
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Cat Funerals in the Victorian Era
In the Victorian era, bereaved pet owners commissioned undertakers to build elaborate cat caskets. Clergymen performed cat burial services. And stone masons chiseled cat names on cat headstones...
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A Bizarre Tale of Electric Streetcars and 19th Century Cats
The introduction of electric streetcars had an unexpected effect on the cats of San Francisco....
Read MoreBlack Tom, the Captain’s Imp: A 19th Century Seafaring Cat
For a brief time at the end of the 19th century, Her Majesty’s gunboat “Tickler” was the home of a mysterious cat by the name of Black Tom. ...
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