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FLO4673475: Bourgeois man, 14th century. He wears a blue hat, grey robe lined in cat fur, puff sleeves with arm holes, cracows or foals. By royal decree, ermine and squirrel fur were reserved to the nobility, leaving the bourgeoisie with cat fur. From a miniature in a Froissart manuscript in the Royal Library. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from “” French Costumes from KingClovis to Our Days,”” Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4897584: Dec. 09, 1953 - They call him” Tarzan” - and he is after a championship.: Linda Charles of Brixton is never happier than when she is attending to” Magyar Yanos” who at 2 1/2 years of age has many Cat Championship Titles to his name, among being that of” Best in the Show” at last years Festival Cat Show. He is a splendid Blue Persian and he has great hopes of topping all his other achievements by being selected Champion in the final of the National Cat Show, which is being held at the Horticultural Hall today. He is owned by May E. Beedell of Brixton / Bridgeman Images
FLO4610892: Ferret (Mustela putorius putorius) and civet or cat musque -Lithography, illustration by Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1885) edited by Pierre Jean Francois Turpin (1775-1840), extracted from the “Dictionary of Natural Sciences” by Antoine de Jussieu (1686-1758) - Badger and civet cat - Handcoloured copperplate engraving, illustration J. G. Pretre ( 1780-1845), directed by P. J.F. Turpin, from Jussieu's “” Dictionary of Natural Science,”” Paris, 1837 / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4939613: Aug. 08, 1954 - The” Witch” And Her Cats. Lili Palmer Rehearses: Screen stars Lili Palmer and husband Rex Harrison were to be seen at the Lyric Theatre this morning rehearsing their new play” Bell - Book and Candle” - which opens in Liverpool next month and comes to London later. The play calls for the services of a cat - and Lili Palmer takes on the role of a Witch / Bridgeman Images