A man comes to a shop to sell a fish to a woman who sells poultry, fish and vegetables, watched by a cat. Engraving by J. Burnet after W. Mieris.

Caring for your pet / Seven Seas Veterinary Division.

A monster representing an influenza virus hitting a man over the head as he sits in his armchair. Pen and ink drawing by E. Noble, c. 1918.

Farm cats : the farmers friends / The Cats Protection League.

Emily M. Madden's cat Mouton. Drawings by Emily M. Madden, 1856-1859.

Surface of retina showing glial cells - 3D

Junior cat care manual / Cats Protection League.

A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a fashionable and rich lady, while his black assistant and her white maid attend. Etching.

A monkey physician examining a cat patient for fleas. Coloured lithograph.

Orange cat

1 sheet : pen and watercolour ; 29.5 x 42.0 cm

Cat on a horse.

Hayley Mills and her cat in her film, "That Damn Cat!"

Two cats with tails intertwined, and two candles, under a crescent moon

A witch in a yellow dress and hat with a black cat

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Orange cat

Cat on a horse.

Hayley Mills and her cat in her film, "That Damn Cat!"

Two cats with tails intertwined, and two candles, under a crescent moon

A witch in a yellow dress and hat with a black cat

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Orange cat

Cat on a horse.

Hayley Mills and her cat in her film, "That Damn Cat!"

Two cats with tails intertwined, and two candles, under a crescent moon

A witch in a yellow dress and hat with a black cat

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